Crash Magazine Issue 52

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SMDURO RACBR

Wefl done ActMsion! At last^

someone's come up with a ve

realistic arcade conversion. The

graphics are amazing, i've seen «• ■ » /- ^ • #**,*,.*

nothing else that compares with its ^^^ officiaiiy Hcensed version of the hit

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THE LIVING DA YLIGMTS

DRAGON'S LAIR

The sensation from 1986 that spent 3
weeifS at No, H

ESCAPE FROM SINGE'S CASTLE

Alt in ail I'd strongly recommend this ~
its playable and extremely compelling,
Don t miss it, 22ap 64

GHOSTS 'N' GOBLINS

I love Ghosts 'n' Gobiins, it's britlfant
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completed it and completed it^ and f
still play It Ghosts n' Goblins is a
brilliant translation of the arcade game^
and well worth a tenner, zzap sj This
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The coin-op smash hit frmn
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conversiofi with all the
origrnal play features takes
yoy into a thring alien wortd

negotiate force ftelds

and talce on fanatical
guerillas as you infiftrate their
jjadquarters.

Split second liming and
nerves of steel are a must for
this fun packed program
whefB adclction wil always
bring you back for more f

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Survive to become a captain
thfoug^ the toughest training
dcadmiy Konami's mcank
biockbusler has already
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Featuring al the

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to the toughest thorou^tired
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FEATURES

34 ALL THE AI^CADE ACTION

Tho AT ti Shu A IS the i*k:« to t» !» .^1 ihe tetBSl wt*cl» nvachmas- St<?ve

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49 NiCK ROBEFITS* PLAYING TIPS SPECIAL

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e« HARDQAMERS

Only V* tough «« mMw. bu EVERVONE mw*i »»» th« Notional
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74 THE CRASH CHALLENGE

Can Rjcin Carnjy fifwiHy txMtt t»» CRASH j»n»'

89 FABULOUS FANZINES

REGULARS

NEWS

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29 LLOYD MANGRAMS FORUM

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39 AOVENTUAE TRAIL

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homegrown fuis

43 CRASH COMMS

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4S CRASH READERS' CHARTS

69 TECH NICHE

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96 PREVIEWS

96 LUNAR JETMAN

DO IT YOURSELF

44 GET ON TARGET . . .

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73 WATCH THE ACTION . , ,

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90 HEAR AND SEE EVERYTHING . , .

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Plcni^e, watch Out sjf we'v« a
v« ry spec i^ I d eUv0i> in ere. Now
dofi't touch madam, tHat would
spoil all tti« tun/

'Why? What have you flot in
thvre? t$ it really very
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■Put h«f roufKl the t»Jich
Q«orga, and lell h«r the facts ol
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'What we have here ladles and
gentlfrmefi is thm very latest
issue of CAASH.'

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'I'm sorry to tell you sir. hut.
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SEASONAL
DROUGHT

FoUowtnig a trend as rie9Ul8r as the
tides, 1^ flow of softwars has
slow*d to Ha customaiv aummef
trichte. Ho*aver. it wouW appear
to baacaae of quality not quantity,
since CRASH'S paoeis boast soma
four ^naahat, ana one or two
extremety good games thet didnt
quite rnaka our top acccAatiB.

To make up lor the deficit o1 new
products. Nick Roberts's Playirig
Tips Special should breathe some
new life into the a9eir>g gamie*
lying around many a Spectrum
owThflr's bedroom - hope yoy
«njoy it.

Next morvWi see* a FFIEE 16-
pa^ fuii-coiou' arcade special,
wtuch details some of the t»tter
COtn-OpS to 100*^ Out for during the
long summer riolidays. and a
number of hints and tips to maike
youf siop go fiirthef ' The
supplement is a totally separate
booklet slipped in beiweeo the
pages of CrtASH; make siwe your
oopy is intact before leavir^ the
shop!'

j'm airaid it's apology comer,
folks. Last month a cot^ of
bloopers were made. First off. Ma
Irviog stated tHal PSSwereptjilMig
out ol the Spectrum siralegy
market. Thtg is in lad not true, as
pdrXKl out to me by their

Commercial Otrector , RtcftSfd
Cockayrw. who went on to say that
rather than ^mpiy ceasing
production of Spectrum strategy
aames, PSS are now findlinig thai
the Spectrum cannot handle the
style of ^i!r\6S that they witsh to
produce. To this er>d, PSS are
altertr^ ttte d^sotioo of their
product line toward ttio i6Hart
macblineS- With the amount of
Spectrums around thouoti.
strategy fans should siili be seeing
PSS games on the st^e^v^ jjut
nwrefy less frequently.

Secortdly, the CI=lASh readers'
awards handed over the Worst
GartHi award to EAStendefs.
Urtforturtatdy we credited
Tynesoft wtth this masterpiece of
programmino. when in fad H
Should have been Macsen.
Apologies to ail involved

Oh. by the way. Watch out for
ar»othef cover mo^nt cassette in
two rrxjrlb's time - you have been
warned . .

STEVE JAHRATT

IN THE NEXT
CRASH

■ FREE ARCADE SUPPLEMENT - 1 6 pages crantrrred fuil of
arcade action hints, lips, which machir^e^to avoid and which ones
to fdl up with your hard>eBm6d cashi

■ P£N PALS SPECIAL - make friends witti Spectrum users

worldwide!

■ MlCROPROS£REV£ALEO-CRASHtakesaioo)ta!thema>siars
of simulation

■ DIARY OF A GAME - Ratfeele Cacco reweats the day to day
problems of creating an or^iinal Spectrum game

■ ON THE SCREEN - Madt Caswell was too iir to do it ihts ntonih.
but hopofuMy he ^x>uld be back wiHi your worlis of digital art next

month

■ PLUS PAGES AND PAGES Of TIPS AND REVIEWS
It's all In CRASH Issue 53. on sate Thursday May 26

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BREWSTER'S
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LAST CHRISTMAS CRASH wavt^
' . Oere* Breivstcf as ha
.vcaitie to l>«ip ut up a
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Zeppelin G•■l•a^ ttsfinl releases
ichT the SpectnifD, FrmMiwMd
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out ivjw and th* conversion d the
eicelient C64 game 2ytK* (ZZAP
Silver Medal, 9'2%) q Wiely to be
availatote ume trne in May. AM
three gamts retaili at £239,
A new nngt of pfn«K old
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developed outskttZipiiilvi's tf^
Ndm^ itaim, to be idwntiad by a
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kicki oil, twy tttinigly, wdti two

Gridtmamff Mtf (931 tesje 4} and
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a! £199.

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SINCE Apnl 1 A Micronet. the ^ve^year
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has been openting in tk relaunched
(ofm. The new h^ inclt>des an
erifhancad daily wws servtce whteh
covers the twne and smaN businesi
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of back issues, and an orMirte mapAr«
for each con^)uter which n to b«
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new tssLpe of the Spectrum magazine.

POETRY IN
MOTION

AT A RECUtT Micropro$e
promottonal fynction at Staverton
Affport in Gtotaesterehif e, two
memben of the CRASH team received
mere Ihar^ they IwgBkiad for . . , the
dynamtc duo. DonrMc «id Paul were
shotted siMiiiwvanund m a QmUt
helicoptar tiong wtSi othtf limous
computer hacl«. A stomac^Khurmng,
gtrt-wftftchmg, heart-stoppine tHti* wa$
enclur#d by al . . .

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GEEBEE AIR RALLY

Producer: Activision
Retail price: £7.99
Author: Steve Cartwdght

h'3 the mid 1830s and all tho^
magnrficeni mefi in their flying
machines are fl>ocking to fiuckeye,
Ot^io to cofnpete in the Ovtwri^fit
Cup Classic. Donning flyiil^ jacket
and ooggles, the player steps Into
his QeeSee 250niph spaed plane

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and the race begins,

The atrcraft is viewed in 3-D
from bei^md. while a Cockpit panel
bdow the mam screen displays
altimeter, compass af>d
speedofneter, To wlm the coveted
silver cup. contesiants must race
against the cloch to complete four
oourses over eight muttiloaded
levels A series est pytons mark cHjt
the cwfBct flight path across^ a
barren plain, and success involves
Hying between ttw markers in the

I coac«pl is gr*al- fl|iMplHHpi^BAr, 0w wind whMttiTQ^
ytjur eare. sadly, Ga^te^ *^-°*"" i^omes nowhere near'
luiatingltM groat ftyfrig <tey TTie game is just »o

iltow. Thare's vary Ifttta vanotion in ine coursas whlcii j|uat
' to be repaatad over and over again, and tha grapMes an
lit. Tha cowalon datactkxi when banking la a Wt dodgy,
ratuttbtg in a wotilria avart virhen you don't loooh any of ttta
ofifKmanla. And to finkili ft off tha multiload Is a raal pain - thara'a
tolKtladiffaranca b a t waanBiaataoaelfaawoiwIarttwynea d iecl
It, anyway, " 4

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" QeeBee Air Rally has aH ttia basic atementa of a suocasahii
facing game. Soaring through tha sky, diving and ducking
oppenants, dodging pylons and popping baHoofts ia suttably
exhilarating. If s |uat a pity tlial tha asaantiaf core of tha ganfia
isn't batter supportad by a harnawortt of graded difficulty. The
various courses »n slmast identical arwl don'l praaant a
particularty tough challange; a Httle maiweuverfng and m<wt
opponants are aasity avoidad. Qraphtcaily, tfia gacna is
disappointing: tha dataJlad stfit picturea of tha rasuHa of bsHIng
out ore accontpanlad only by tfte morftonously str^wd md
otharwtaa b«a iandacapaa. Stmllariy, aM you get whan an aircraft
hurtlas to tha earth, is an antkdlmaelle beOy^flop. Still, for the
ire of a slteit and aeaHyma at af a b4 a flylngsaqoanca.it might
arofiti a IooIl "

plie au r

jug* wort

^ Ryjnq tiigh or biting tl)« dusl

shortest possible time. It the plane
si rays off course, a warning
rrnHsege ilashies up and the ckJcH
ticks sway at iour times the normal
rate

The pilot has two chiances to
complete each race, an<j bonus
points are awa/Oed tn proportfon
(o the amotini of time left on the
clock Succe^ on tt^ first attempt
mearts that ifw exira lima is added

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to than allotted to Ihe nexi course,
Comrofs allow the pikM to fly
over, dive under or manoeuvre
around other racerS- Wide and
sharp turns can be ruegotiated by
climtJing, to speed up, and divfng^
tor exira control as the ajrcroft
slows down. Cottisiona do not
imrr>sdiately cause tin f:i|via to
crash although once maximum
damagie has been susiajrwd, the
pik)i automalicaiiy baiEs out and
pa/achutes away. The screen then

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** Racing a plane at high speads, Just missing chsquared txaards,
popping batloona and orsshlng into the tails ol Iha app<»ltlon
i S Mwa a vary peculiar practice to me. But if s great fun loof
QeeSae Air Rally saanw difneuH and unaddletiva at Hrst but H you
baar with it and gat onto tt>e higltar lavela It gets batter as you
prograaa. The planea tn ttl »oal}arMty drawn and thay diva and
soar around tha cotirsas vary eflactivety. Taking off is tha onity
problem I had; K saems ihat you always have to make two
attampts at it, conaaqfuanify losing valuabia time to coniplata the
eouraa. Each level is pretty sparse and the sourMf is tfw sama
throui^KMit. conststbig of a droning angina nolaa with tha odd
tuna on the titia scraen and in between fUghts. I iikad tha iltUa
ajrtrs touch provMad by the stfll shots, though; it's antazing
many pig stias you can find from up in tha air. Climb mto ttia
•aert of a GaaSaa ^(0 mph eircraftlf you daral "

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(licks to a siiK siTot ol his genemily
undignified landing.

The fourth course in each tevel
a a bonus evem, testing spedaF
skiffs such as aiaiom control or tow
Rying bal)oon-pOi:>pln9. Status
displays showtime countirvg down
and current score as the pfkjt
attempts to steer one of tha most
dangerous aircrsft avar built lo
succms

COMMEN fJSL

:ka: Cursor, Kampston.
Sinclair
Oraphics: atmoeptiierfc stiHa,
tmt poor main screen grapiiica
■ •*■ -impie backgrounds

id: monoTooous engirt
n.gi») with a few little Utte lurws
Opilena: definable Keys
Qanerai raMng: uivfuifuiod
potential

Presentation 60%

Graphics 55%

Playabtlity 70%

AddicUve quait»ra 70%

OVETULL W%

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A*C*r*hO*N F*0*R*C*E I I

Producer: Virgin Gamea
Rttail price: £7.95 cassette,

£14.d5 disk
Authors: Aridy Gre«n

and Martin Wheeler

RASH May 1988

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" Action Force M 1» n d#fif>lt«
Improvenient owef lt» pr»<
cl«c*a»or ^Va, tswM 4d).
Not only l9 tN« fWVMn tatJon
v«ry polisAwt. bui the
gam«play (• equally
smootti. Hw colfMrful
graphics an tM99»4 «ncl
«frei:iiv«|y •ntmatod, p«r>
tknjlarly tft« ty** |i*«irl»g
warily ffom tti« windows
and bins as Itiay cautiously
c«w Hi* Joint Th* sotlor
Itssit Is MgMy sddtctfM and
«ntertiiinlng. Th« largat is
rsAlisticaRy dttflcull to
ptoe* And constantty n«-tds
• sttfldying hand; you have
to eontrot thtaun, not Just
posltJOrt it The n*9d to
replenish en«TfQr as wsltJ as
•Himlnau th* imsmy calls
fof som« fast mantpCriation
of itm joystick. Th« whoia
proosss b mad* lana* by
Ihm (fact that ttu» tdr^ct
moves mors slowly than
th« terrorists; miovmnents
from one end of tt»s screen
to the other ^ althouah
quite swift <- se*m aaonu-
ingly slow. Success mare*
(ore defwnds on cartful
piiinnlrtg, dvlicata contarot
and a modieum of luck. The
(act (luit U looks much
aaslaf Huwn It actualty i* to
complat* maltfts ft aN the
mora conipiiins. HIgMy
recommanclad. "

mm

•i hostages arxi

'!i<'iauz\T:>us Will* th» chopper aci-

•nq *» flk support. QkKk Kick.

unarmed combat,

cate the wall* rf »^r!r*i

iHiwhivui. *Jnia Alrtighi [th*:

prOvkloS tirr^r'.v.r> covO'

The q 1 into several

'..vj,iNi (■■

trrTin' jk'. ui'i

lered wiridows. de'serte'

i!w'A!^ Up d .'"'itJllWUfH 0' fJL-'-.ii'.y lird

Rsc»pMS Diiiift*nt»d"«d «*yM peer

rnaikOo-t>(yie> tefrortsts peopie the

;>os(iionin9 ol f
trget aH'^ •
em be!

/ iridr

M>g f- iOici !i-'iiiiB> i^naoisng
«5t.>r* anrt $jrif»es visAle on
^eensl

tiTMjrgy

^tfo. ooe ut tntee fives e lost.
?t3T'jj Darvf-l shows ertergyromain'*
u)d score as Weill

Comparing ihis io the
orlalrwi Actto-
lis like cOfnpA
the stuff you firtd •«
torn of all the i
CRASH IbwefSt This r
Absolutely tantastk;. Tb<
gtaphlcs and the sound arc
exMllont ar>d colour i;
unad extremely well In ttv
Qame ^ and ttte loading;
sofven {eight cotours to a
character square i»n''-
tudT}. Action Force II has ttn
novel kfoa of swapplr^ the
role you play: in^aad of
ctirectlngi ttie main efiarac
tot that appaan ofi'scrsen
you play yourself and havo
to cover your compatriot
with a wide salection of
guns. Some Of Ihe larger
targets in the game such av
the choppers, tanks ano
pn*ion cefls are all lull of
detaM and do take some
baidtirifi! When you miss a
bMfdIe and he klRs your lit-
tle Mm*i you have to start
tfuil level all over again*
which does get a bit tedi-
ous But wMchaver level
you're on Iharets plenty (o
do, like •l«cirocutirvg ttie
hK -men and btowlrkg up the
duttbinsl Action Force II b a
brilliant action-packed
§ame - buy it today. "

tree~

■" cesstui com*"

p 'ji.Airttohlcan

cNxf^ii twrtweeri ihrae
weapon^' rrJicHnp .nur, b370'
o* bK

shghtl , «]

bftzoc'
'^'■''*> . ,.■ ..,..,

dtect. >j

This Is a tremendous
rnprowement over Action
orco. The grapliics ^ the
nain drawing point of tf^
j0m« - are ineredibfy
detailed and colouied,
bringing back rrwmorles of
>an Dare (atao by Vb^
Oames). It's good to see Ihe
rrograrruners using ttie
^pecimm well - ail espeets
ire exported to their ML
Even the fame perspectiive
is a bit dnferenl from most
- you don't go oiit looking
for trouble, it finds you. The
game leatures many
{ntereeting enemie*, from
maniac dust bins lo Irate
boilding inhat>ltarTts who
throw weighta out of the
windows. Irs bound to be a
great game for high Scoring
ereade players,* atttMugh i
doubt t>M addhstiveness
wtil test *s tong amonrg th«
dfitofue. "

ponds on
>n of Air-

Joy slicks: Cursor,
KiiTFipilyn. Sincl^
Oraphica: superb. Every
screen is packed vnth detail,
and cokjuf ' Ttw animation of
all Ihe char BCtws - espectaJly
the deadly dustbin itiefl - is
smooth arid reaHatlc
Sound: atthiough Iherels no
liile tune Ihe spot affects are
original and Btmospheric
Qanarai rating the uHtmBte
4n protection Qsmw, Gmtt
graphics and a mound of
piayabifity - the ori^ thir>g it

Presentation 90%

Gfaphics 92%

Pfaysbitity 69%

Addictive qualities 39%
OVERALL 90%

rnA«^i-;' '.. loag 13

I SUPER TROLLEY /

Producer: Mastertronlc

Retail price: £1.99
Author: Andrew
Coltett

Fonowtng a v(sit to the
sup«rrT^rk«t, Ardrww

Colfett wrote to Jimmy
S^hnll^ asking If he ccHikl Rx It for
h*im to turn his gamfl Idea into a
fuN 'blown compytflf game. Jim
got in touch with Mastertromc and
Uits is tlw arxl rdsult.

life tant easy for the dogsbodv
on woHf eKperieno» at Coiteit
HypermarKet. The manaoer oives
him a constaoi stream of taslts to
oompleie: stacking^ shetves,
ixinnifig errands, fescuing lost
bstbies and (jetting nd of dirty
dogs. Winding his way through th«
amzB oC shalvBs and supanrurhat
alleyways, pushing his unwieldy
Imlfaytuil of stocM, he has to avord
irate shoppers, complete his tasi(
and return lo the bacH rcxjm witt^in
ttw given time limit.

Bonus points are scored tor
completing an errand quickly bu?
bumping into other shoppers and
trolleys gives the store a bad
reputation; too many complaints
and ttie manager thrown him out.

Tha week begins on a calm and
pMKMful Monday and gats txisier

and busier. cuimtr\atirM in a
feverish rush on Saturday
afternoon. Slioukf f>e survive all
this, the dogstxKfy gradually
works his way up the promotion
tadder to manager and an act of
llnai, sweat revenge: giving his
f OfTTw empktysr the boot.

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" Jim maty ftavs fimwS M for
Andrew but MastertTotile
haven't Fwed It for N« gam*.
In principle the idea Is a good
om. The long auffaring sto««
dogsbody hoe a wide variety
of different taaka to
compMe; runaway children,
Irvta Bhopf>tr« amd
unwanted dogs provlda
ptonty of scopai (or humour.
Unfortufwtaly MMtertronic
fiav«nt mad* a vety good job
of a pfromialrMi acanario. the
grapN^ mo4igh boldly
dravm, land to malt Inis ena
another and tha gwtMiriay
iteaH lacks any aem* of
compulsion. So mi^ tima
f>aa been allocated to aiK^
job that otikf the laziest,
tloweat Btackara would be
unable to complet* tt. **

t^ I vtQiiatc if J^ would likd a. gttaaii for tea .

J

ImckL

" Super Trolley it a great Idea
for a same and Raa baan
axeaHenlly Ftxad by
MastartronJe. You can have
greal fun «tBcMr<>g ahahw*,
chaaing lwt>faa and catching
atray dogs. It's alao
humorouafy fruatrailng: tht
shoppara are all otd haga that
hsv« swapped thair
broonwttcks for ahofiping
tirolieya and insist on
charglrts into you vnhan
you're cerryir^ a ^wten of
aggal Unfortunataiy, thafa
ai ttw* b 10 it. H tfYara ware
a few mora bitaraaflng taaha
to do. Super Trolley would
have baan a great gam*, but;
like the task It amiiatas, It
Jpst gets bodng too soon. "

^COMMEHTB

7

Joystieto: Cursor. Kempston.
Sinclatf

Qraphica: very realisticaiy
drawn, but the jerky animation
prevents fkwing gamepiay
Sound: decent utle tune With a
few f eebie eflects
Options: daAnatXa kaya
Qaneral raitiM: a cksvar and
oftgjnai game oaaign, but badly
pragranimed. n |u« provee
that Jm can'i Fut everyttung

Presentation

■-' -i '

Graphics

Playability

Addictive quatities

.

OVERALL

541^

TANIUM

Producer: Players
Retail price: £1 .99
Auttior: Colin Swinbou me

Si

Ik years ago, an alien force
set about terrorising the
galaxy. Aa top gun of the
Terran Spaoefleet. our hero single'
handedfy repelled \hs invaders
and. with ttie galaKy a1 peace, ha
then raiir&d to the planet Stoar,

ft wasn't peaceful for very tong,
howevw: the aliens are at il again.
They Have captured the pianei
Tamum, so our Intrepid pilot i:3 sent
10 que^l the Lfpnslng - again,

The garrie st^s with Itia
player's atup zooming across tfie
skies of Tanium. whereupon
vft^ous alien hoards appear heii-
beni on eliminatinig him.
tJestruciion of alien formations
aams the player a bonus, which
lakas ihe shape of mcr^aed
firepower and speed.

The mission Is agoravated by
bamers thiat stretch vertically
across tt>e screen; careful flying is
needed to negotiste tha small
openings en them.

Five lives are provided, although
corttact with either ertemy ships.

14 CRASH May 1988

their i^er fire or the baniera is
fatal . Once a ship la destroyed, any
extra equipmant collected is also
tost, 30 moratiteting is needed to
replace It.

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cnmcism

1

% " The attack of tha pilarwl
Taniifm is colourfully portrayed;
unfortunately, ttw ^Ouaried'
clave fighter seems to be a
aacond-rate ntachanlcal

mistake. Even wfth extra spaed
and firapower, control of tfie
crvft is painstakingly stow. Vour
laaarfire is almost Invisible and
the aliens' advance is quite
letaurely. This makes for some
pretty Insipid blasting, ar>d tack
of manoeuvrability inevitably
involves tfw loss of lives. When
this happens thera's no
explosion of any kind - you have
to ke«p your eye constantly on
the en«rgy meter and 'number
of lives' display. On the whole^
cosy retirement On the plari#t
Sloar is definitely a preferabta

artion. "
II

1

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#■■ TanHjm*S>«far«)ffteirgamejn
the same v&n &s Sjde Amis and
Agent X II , buf th6 to quAapood fer
» dtiangei The grsphics are neat
and stand out #gff from the
background. Cofour is used as
weH as can be axpsct^d and ff gals
more cofourfui as yon progre^^
ThefB are same exc^ieni alien
patterns and some very detailed
stnps to tflast away. Tanium also
has a tew good sound effects but
the pfogrammers haven't exactly
gone rnfld mtfi their synths. One
addition that woukf have made H
even mote of a <^\MenQe iarfthe
aliens scti/atty shot back instead
of just coitiding wtth yov. Stiif, a
gmat game if you feel like a f^xjd
&jto (frio sess*on> "
MCN

Joysticks; &.M"sof, KempiSlHan,
Sir^daiF

Qraphics: small, nwtrtly
monochrome ships against a
boring black background
Sou rKl : shoot ing effacfs only
Oerieral rating: a poor clone of the
honzonially scrolling arcade shoot
'emups

Prosentatton

Graphic!^
PJay ability
Addictivo tguuNtios
OVERALL

1

K* s here -The return of Elvin Atombenderl

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ifCw tfww hm pA

JBALLBREAKER II /

Producer; CRL
Retail price: £7,95
Authors: The 2en Room

vsfstOfT of the

concept was

by CRL in

Issue ^6}. and

" In ttwory • 3<^ Breakout
(^m» Ja an innQvatlva and
original concept » in prwitio*
ft «M«nt quHa co«n« 04lT. By
rwtur* of its daatgn 9m
icraafi ahrv^a hklaa Hia t»al
bah t n d tha bat whan ypu
na«d to saa It moaL Tha
^unta atao lacka a Sanaa of
■npactlva: despite tha 3-D
Hlphlca ttia ball alwaya
iMka •» tf n*> ahimmlna
actoca tha aurfaca of a 2-D
leraan and the rebound
mng/m lattta only indi««tion of
whaca if* actually mo^nt la
ba. StMI. ll>a muft»c praVM
tttat you can slmulaie mora
tttan ttia aound of an alactrlc
razor wtth a Spectrum aourid
chip and tha graphlca are
Imprasslva. WTiethar you
take the tisk deperKfa on how
much of a Breakout
conwoHaaf you am. "

its 9«<|U«I comes with a t>^Kit^r^^:
several screen desigrts come
courtaBy C9f lari Andrew, crsator of
Orilfer. Jez Sands, aulho' of
S(6f^k3et and Simoo Rockman.
sdttor of Atng^mf Uaar.

The gama takas ptaoa over 30
lervQia of monochrome 3-0

JpaulL

^ Unlike fUfn foUow^fipa,
COrrMnrter SVQU*' * ***
usually much Mttar than
their pradecaaaora (Match
Day arHi Ark^rioid for
•xampla} - 8allbioak«r II Is a
sad bre«k in UiatrmtdL If only
Hi* pfogrvntAer^ had
ittanad to, and coTectad,
Hi* criticism levelled at Iha
origifial 9!»m« they'd hava
had a la$t, ptayabiia and
addk:tlve littii« oama - but
tliey didn't, *o may hawant
Some of tha levali ara
particurlsriy infuriating due tq
tMid programming - try firing
a mfsaila at a pilad-up btock
en Laval 2 and letting bach
to tha oitMr aida of iha
scraan for the bad -
imposaibte. As the okl aayiha
oo«c, ' S O » ara battar than S'^
(whan ^ eamaa to Sr«kout
ctonaa). "

W&mi*

\ V. v. y, Yi V. Vi Y^ w % Vj.h

«ap?»^

>■ A whol* txttt ot MMimy scrmn desiflitt

scraens, aach containing an
arrangement of pyramids,
cylmd^ and oubas in various
fonnations. A fphera drops into
the scr^eft from above: \^W\q
control of a bal capable of rrwvifig

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Irom )ett (o nght, the player
attempts to keep ttie tall in play
until the arrangetinent of bnc*tS has

bean destroyed. Each time it
hurtles off the edge of the screen
one of four lives is lost.
DlflarsTFt t'-locks have dttferent

" nfs isad enoush having to put up with 2'D Breakout gamaa but
whan H cornea to 3-D versions lt'« beyorKi a Joka. BalEbr^Aer II ic
flxcalkintty prD«snti»d and haaa nlea tuna wtth aoma great sour^
effects; it's just a pity fjtm wmnm ttaalf lsfi*l as good. Tha
baokgrounds ar« massy, being far too dMaltad, and play te
Mndarad tinea your view of tha bail ^ often ebscui^ t>y Ola bat.
Tha Joti of destroying all Iha blocka la mada a mtia aaikf by Iha
few mfsaSas you're armad wtth at tha liaginning, but thaaa aeon
run out and then you're left with jtjst your tuckl Balibrestor II may
hold your attention for a white but it wtn never bflfva any taathng

LEE ENFIELD IS 'SPACE ACE'

Producer: Infogrames
Retail price: £7.95
Author: Richafd Bottet

Loe Enfield, rnaster pi time
uavei and troublaahooter
axtraordlr^aire. has been
c^iad to the 22nd Century lo
rescue his old friend BiH, Wrtn no
support other than Hs
sopNsiKisted laser rHIs he
attempts to blasl ttia foroas sent
by the formitMrfe Yellow Shadow.
The battle takes place among
the compiex siructuras of Ifie
planet's stark, gray surface, as
displayed Ifom lae's viewpoint
Camouftagad a^isinst futun:siic
walkways, pwtete and gir dors the
aneiny. comprfaJr>g robot sotdiars.
gtfaciic mort^ers and humanoid
snipers, indhrklualiy train their
w^Lpons upon ttie heroic
troobieshooter.

Lee's sophisticated laser hfks Is
sensitive lo the enemy's location
and indk:ates^ t>y an an'o^if at the
bottom of ttie screen , the direct ion
in which He needs lo train hi3
ssghis It gives off a ringing signal
which tjecomes extrett>efy htflh
prtched when an opponent is
ready to shoot. Stioukl Lee tail to
locate and KilMhe sniper t^efore tie
fifes, one of fits sim lives is kjst.
However, a shortfrved magneHc

16 CRASH May 1988

shield can be emptoyed for extni
protection.

To complete each round, Lee
must destroy the magnetic meteor
globe, a t>ounang sfihara whicfi
throws, his Laser nfle's sights
askew. Orioe this masmerising
enen^ has been defeated, a lift
arrives to transpOrf him up to the
rtext level.

Three grades of dtfltcutty pormit
Laa to prograss from r>ovfce to
spK» aca at his own pace Hts
score, which cari win him extra
JiVTO. 13 displayed at I he t>ase of
the screen.

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CMTICtSM

1

%" Lee Enfield, celebrated space
ace turns exit to be a farriy ordinary
warrior with a souped -up rr^chine
gun, Gr^jNcaily. the 22nd
Century is out o( focus: a
sf'iapale^ blun' o( rrKsnochroma
pixels, in whk^ the sprites are
spkMjgy and difi^cuti to
distinguish. GamepLay iacks depth
aftd compulsiori, and none of the
action b«tfs arty fetation to the real
obiaci of mi«tsiori - itie

rescue of Bill, T^iose snipeiS wii*ch
are dtsimguist^abie as humans die
so slowly you can't be sure
wfiNBl|!>er they're actually dead and
so need to carry on shc»tir>g
gratuitously to nnaka sure
Conskfering tha qualitv of some
budget gamas. Us rkNoukius io
demand sudi an aiU}it>itantly h^h
price for a game asblaixl and dull
K thts. '*
M«l

• " What a weM title! Lee
Enfiekl la 'Space Ace' is ktentical
in yanw|lla| to tha now-aging
ProhlbitkMi, alao by tntagrames
{quellv aurpriaal). The

background that you play on ia
very detailed as are the aliens
that you twve to shoot. Whan
you n>lx 01* two togetfwr,
though, the r^sutt is rather
maaayi SoundwJsa^ thBre's Just
the bfls^ beep of tfte courtter
and a realistic machine gun
noise when you shoot
tntogrames seem to be very
good -at producing games w?th
good graphics txrt absolutely
appathngi gam»piay. Shooting
tha odd alien before It shoots
you isn't exactly great fun and
soon grows boring. Lea Enfield Is
'Space Ace' woutd ba mofa
3uit»d to a budget label: C?,^
dofinitoly t^n't v^lue lor

money, "

• " tVhsf s ms then? Prohit>ition
wfth camjptad §tapfMCs7 Sura
looks iAa It. ti&thing aise Aas

;

properlies. as indtcatad b^ a
catalogue v^ich caft be ^Kammen
twfora play, Thc^a btot- .
impsrvious to the baJi's touch
must be dsstFoywl tiy ooe at an
inhial afsenal of ton mtss^i&s . Oinor
bridis hide extra w^porvv.
twmbs, points or boous lives;
some ater the saa of ttte bat. aitow
Instant access to the next round or
no«d 1o be struck f rorri a ispecafic
angle. On later levels ihe
dktDlruciton of ^Mclfic bricks
tnggefs ttie mioue of aliens,
whose fatal advanoe can only be
stopped by iinng a mtastle or
aettirqoff a bomb,

COMMENTS

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Joyaticdis: Cursor. Kempston,
S«nci«k
; QmpMoa: ometa btocks and
baddiea hide the poor 3<D
pergpectKfa
SoMnd: loyful title tun«

muous ttwough Vne game
t2aK} a«xl ortomaTspol

OptkMn: definable keys
QsnenI rating: a poor follow-
up to the ohgtnal. No
impcovwnents - rf anything a
Ott Slower

iPfMWItStlOfV

68%

OnfMcB

63%

Fl«yirt}ttity

52%

Addkrttve quallii^**

= '■■%

OVERALL

VG'Vo

chango<f - or impfov^a. How
afwone can e^ p0opf& to pay
C7.95 lof such a blatafrt copy of
the original ts tvyond ma - and an
k4vk)t tallow -up at that. There are
hurxirads of kvords that come near
descfibing Lee Enfield Is 'Space
Acs" - in£tp*dl, mofiotonous,
tadiOLfs - but tew Can actuatty
c^fura th& boredom created by
this unavantfut game, Alt tt^na is
to it s a few monochmme
gnfjhica, and dum to ffieif design
even these turn irtto a tiackgrounff
ItooMnKT more tike weshing^^
pounder Ifiain a computer game.
^Hogremee succeeded wm their
premua reteaae Si<jewaik, but ttyis
comes nowhere near the mark. "

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COMMEHTS

1

JoycUcka: Curaof , Kempston.

Graphics: very hard lo distinguish
the baddies from thebackgrtxinds
Sound: simplistic spot ehects
Opiionis: three Isveb oi dftticulty
Oeneral reting! compieKity at the
expense of playabilRy

Presentation 52%

Graphics 40%

PJayability 30%

Addictive qualKles B2%

OVERALL 40%

RAMPARTS

Producef: GO!

Retail price: £8.99 cassette, £12.99 disk

Authors: Future Concepts

/

Sif QnvmM *n<t Sir Urkin.
wrtekJers of ttie lance and
once gentle knights of old,
have been cursed by the Evil One.
The effect of ttvis unfortunate
enchantment has been to magnify
thiem both to saveral times their
original Sue. Intent on revenge,
they scour the countrystde in
search of their medieval
antagonist. The buiktings of
r.- ■viiral hostile b&rot\s stand in the
,v ,y, Iheif only chance ot survival

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structure aa posaibile in the
process.

The caatfe'S mhabrlants put up
a vaVam delance: d^mseii^ fire
bullets from the windows, tiriy
soldi^s direct carv>ons from the
grotmd and flying defenders drop
peMets from above. B^ avctding
bullets and ctubbtng ttieir
dmrinuiive adversaries each
knight can ensure that minimum
darnage is inflicted.

Encased in ttw masonry of each
GatOe ant numtter ot bonus Icons

opMdM

ie»cipipi

" Although Ramparts li v*ry sJmllar to Rampage, in my
ia a much supartor gwTM. Tlw great nMdkwBl mtistc arwd
cm create a marvflilous atmoap^ara, Once you've got ifvough the
numerous title tunes and s)»ck preMniation you emerge Into a version
ofRarnpaywtthcaattaal neia a d effiiyiieripafaandatarttliiighta
biataad of m«n«t»re. Ttie Httfe rrwn (hat nm along me bottont of
Cha walla can gat raatty vicious wltti itiair masaiva canrvons arKl
otttar wovndlfig weapona; I four^ It almost Impoaalbia lo
t ooH Plet a Level One on my own, but orwa you gat two pfayara on
1^ jfib 9m htgliar levala of tha gama bacome mora accaaslbta.
ftamparts la graot- but only tf you don't already have t^ampa;^ **

*• There's ne mEHttsytitg tbeut m ^birrvwfr

IS lo smash and ransacH each
castlieinturn.

The knights' quest may be
undertaken sdo or In tandem. Play
is divided into a series of levels,
each of which comprises a soStary
fortress- Aimed with a baJl and
ctiain. the knights attempt to shin
up the walls of itve loilress,
destroying as much of the

which are revealed as tt^adif'ce s
destroyed. Food boosts energy
and gold increases score; poisons
Swadbfwad madverlontly radically
recfaca health.

Once sufHcient damage ttas
been incurred, the towers tofaHy
collapse. With each fortress razed
to thie ground, the giant knights
move on to it>e next.

Ui

fPAOlX

t's very hard lo e hooie
Aotivialon's
Bfid OOl's
nampans - ttoth ara
axtramaly competent garnet
\n thatr ftold. However, I flmd
this game type terribly
t>ofing. unaventfut and
rapawwa. Or^)<hkaNyi

ftamparts hjtnia ail Hi
o i a j aiji ii raa adnitralilv. The
caatiaa are omalaly drawn
and all Ifia oharactara
iHb t cal aN dataHad artd
a wkn a tao, althoogti

a o ma ll ifi M Ifa hard lo
dl«tii>giilsh them from the
background, due to ttia
monochromatic play area.
Alt ki all a credible cHmb 'n'
cfuah arcada game ^
BAtHHiglh not for ownan of
Rampage: they're far too
■mi&r. **

Hum

fcOMMEMTS i

Presentation
Graphics
P«aMib<iity
Addkttv* quaHUas
OVERALL

" Rampaits (a
I ai na iiBi.aiii oi rtsnpeiie hi
name: gamaplay. eiren
to t^a a<rts«rT>e arrival of the
ia praoticaHy
and Xhe nedtaml
doaa vary lltlle to
anhanoe the atmotpharaof
a bask: and aimptistlclhama.
Baahing structural of brlcka
and mortar Into pil^ ot
nibbla woukl l»vs vary Httta
to racommand Hsalf avan if
tha prasantatkm ware
axcallant. As It itartda, tha
graptktea are

un^i»n9ulshed (ettho^igtii
the oaB^ia of the towers ia
qijita alfecthr^ end
sotifid eflecta
unremarttabla. tfa
difficult getting a foothold on
the buUCHneaand a lot of time
la wasted, undar constant
anamy bomt»ardmant«

atlamptirHI to fVnd the rigtit
pilaca. As a lull prtca game
Ramparts puta ttw

possltilltlles ol Itia SpaotFum
to ahama. "

Joyvttcka: Cursor, Kempaton.^

Sinclair

QrapMca: the miKtura oi

charactars wi& buikllogs often

proves confusing, but aH add

to the mediev^ setting of the

game

Sound: beautiful

harpalohordian tune and tMsic

bash effects

OpHona: one or two players

Qanaral rating: i^flrr^page has

already dona wfiai Aarn^uir»

wanted to do

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fminsiorm is a journey into
an drcsde stTBiff^y gwrifi, In
wtt'»ch Iha piayer usas his
wtts and reflftx«a to survive ttte
many (Jefv>ous traps aind ptf alls or
the game. TTte main objective is to
scoie as many points as (toMubte
wttfiin a set Ume limit. Tlw te
actiievKl by tfspfiing a bail wrttNin
the fwf point scoring upma scat-
le(9d aniund the acraerv. usiftg
mancwuvrableooloimMJ linee.

Tbo pidyqr IS inittsBy faced with
severs! opAkmr to play ttie game,
view t)ie high BcoRss, redefine coo
(rotksys, and to choose one of ^^^e

stculirv^ semens and thfee uHn»
cutty \^v&H, Once these decisions
have been made, the batiie com-
mienoes- There am 2B screens, let-
twwi hom A to Z, each mora
difficult to compieie tfiwi the last.
The playing screen is SpfM irMO
coloured sf^u^ies. with the ctayer
in cor\Tot of three cotoutea Inea
and a cursor. The squares are 00^
ouied eiUiaf red. green, magenta,
blue or black. HittMig a ted square
Increases the {Myer% score.

Producer: Firebird
Retail pnce: £1.9d
Author: Pete Cooke

"' A game with a bram,
irrnovBtlve, and just fi>r
cmce not a done, It a ram
arvif eKCefMlonat occurr-
«r>ca. Oeviousty drffwult
p^attern^ arranged in bofd
contrasting colours are
d«sjgn«d to get the
sJee^st bfnin cede IfngI'
fng; you can navor reposi-
tion a line to the exact piKel
BO no two games can t>«
preclsety the same. Presen-
tation Is slici but purefy
furtctional -puzzles bllify iw

all and thra*tiage£ of diffi-
culty including a myriad of
tesselated patterns should
ItWBp you lxH»ked for ag«9.
Simple Ideea are often the
bait: in ttiis case originality
wins over technical com-
ptexity to creata an
imrMdiately ptaydJIe and
stAr1lir\gly addictive

9an>e. "
UD1

magenta squares decrease Ifw
playiar^ score, gmen warp tfie bait
to a different part of the screen,
and both black and blue squares
are nautral. af^cting neittier the
ban nor the scoreUne.

"fha ptayer has to trap the bell,
using or« or all of itie Hnes (acces-
sed &y positioning the cursor over
the dedrad colour box. and hitting
the fire button), wHhtn reach ol a
red ares ot the screen. whHsi
attempting to avoid either the
r?iagenta or green pans. Theplayer
IS provided with 100 points, and a
target score, ti^ighted in red. of
100 points. As tifie game progres-
»ta (he current score rteee and

" tf you are into brain teas-
ers that frustrate and titow
your mind t^ien Sratnstorm
is the game for you. tfw
graphics, colour and sound
may not t>e up to much and
(he idea behind it is ridtcul-
ousfy sample but the game
sure malies up for ttiese
bases with addictiweness
arHjplayBt>tlity.You |ust nng
the red block with one of
the three colours iind than
wait for your victim to walk
into your trap. The only
trouble la, ih* bells have a
mIrKt of ttwir ownr orte sec*
ond tt>ey may b« on the red
background but the next
they're on a purple and loS"
ing points! Bramsiorm la
wickedly adtftcttve; play irt
and youl! never put your
joystick down again! "

faBs, accontriQ to tiie bell^ path
across the screen. The ultimate
aim la toend the tlmeSmtt wrth the
cunoni score matching or exceed-
ing the target, tf the score drops
below ifw target , however, the col-
our ot the target score cf^anges
fiom red to magenta, tr more
points erenl scored pretty damn
pronto, the game ervts.

Once the appnophate afnouni of
points ve scored, the player ts
then whtsked onto the next screen .
and hie previous score 13 tians-
formad into tne start-o4-ievM score
and targsf^ This carries OTD ihrough-
oot the game, arxJ if the player^
score reaches zero, or the cunent
score fsMs below the target then
the gante ends.

" We've tied Thrust. Harvey
H eadtwr^ erandlolyn (only
sucoaMeul im vie C&4.
however) from Firebird, and
now thara^ Bra>n$torrii -
the latest in a tamed list of
simple- but-addiBti¥e Fire-
bird games. Pete Cooke
(programmer of Tau Ceti.
Academy end Micronaut
Oieji shows exactly tww
successful a Spectrum
game can t>e it you coitcen-
tralB on th« addictiveness
and playabitity - not th«
graphics and ^gund-
fliwels not much you can
sey about Br^nnstcirm - it'$
very addictive , «n teria I ni ng
and aurprisirvgly simple to
get into. Very tew games
appeal to all games
players, tHJt I would venture
to may that this is one such
prtKiuct. Another game
that every Spectrum owner
should have. "
Mil.

COMMENTS

Jcvattcks: Cursor.
Kempston, SrtKlair
Gmphles: colour is an mioq
rai part of ihegame. ariKi is
weiiused

Sound: simple spot eflecir.
Q^tiona: three levels of diti
cutty, choice of tour starting
3croGns

General rating: the simple
OTkos last longest, and you'H
be playmgttiis for months to
come. £1.99 for somuch ple-
asure - you cant go vmxig

PreMi^tBtion 80%

Graphic* 57%

PlayatMirty 91 %

Addicthr9(|iMimn 9S%
OVERALL ^%

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Bowl or Bust! Fred and Barney want to 90 bowting but Wilma has

other ideas and guess who's left hotding tho baby?

Join Th<s Flintstones in th»s officially licensed arcade adventure
based on thfl famous Hanna Barbera cartoon characters.

Takphont : 01 -439 0066

GRANDS LAM

CRAZY CARS

Producer: Titus
Retarl pnce: £9.95
Authors: Titus

Tne Amsfican Cross Countrv
Prestige Cara Race, the
cra^aesl contest of ihkefn aJI.
s about to take place. Jl covers
three of the condrwnfs toughest
tracks and cr{>sse$ tho rugged arvj
punishing terrain ol Rorida.
Aftzona and the NASA (bicJ.

1>« race compnaaft five ItvBis,
«ach dbvjijed imo aemarai st^ts
tArtiich run ovef a time Itmw. The
pla:^ can choose from a seiectior
oi five high p«rfomwfM30 cars, and
Successful oompiflllDn ol 8 race
wittiin tho time Ikunt rewards the
driver with a rr^ore powsrtul
vehicte. Beginning with soniething
like ti:ie relatively liymbia' Por^chh
9 1 1 Turbo tho player can progress
via the Lantborghini Countach to
the uflimate in racing cars, ttie
FetrBn GTO.

Contestants Nrte up on ih«
staning grid, and a fl»d( of the fira
tx/tton son (ha player's mean
machine hurtle ^oriig a black
tarmac Inacit which twists and
turns through rugged, sandy
tenain.

Dips and bumps in the road
make cor^troi of eacii turbio
charged rrkonster nwre

precifiioua. High speed conlact
witf) eilher huHs the car
momentarily into thaairand Q4it ol
control. More experienoed dnvers
can axpk>it these uneven
cwampfis and lake the
opportunity of soanng graosfufly
over obstructing opponents
before larvling with calcailated
panacfie on the other side.

Cornering requires extra care:
rac^ off the tradt or pjungmg

haadtonq Into road mariters
saveraly slows down pfogress.
Explosions r>ever occur however:
edCh car bevs a chaimed life and
i^jttlsion witti other racers results
rn ni3thling worse than crippling

Jhati L

" The taatMt, craiiart,

mevnMit o o a a coynlry fWD#
lurna out to bv one of 9m
grayeat, aaveraet and moat
sobw, rufi-of-ttM-rtkHt grvid
prlK abnulatkMia, Ttw
orapliica at* dIaappointirtQiy
baafe; the acnrffy grwy
backgjround never cJumg*a
and tfie tarmac is so btadt
that the Dvtiine ot the bmnpa
metises into the ragj^oy
edge of the road. It's not a
criM^ drawluek, though,
airice lor most of the time,
ttasptta all talk of ofiponafitB,
the oniy crazy car on the
track te your own. Hawing
aaid tttatf a toneaonia ra^ tt
better tiion no rae* at M una
this or>e is mora than Just
competemiy portrayed.
Controla and scroinng ane
amooth; gradad dMTicufty
and Inoraasingry tfgtit time
Hiniti ensure compulahni
Oamaplajf, atthough the
aoortaig aystem is

rfajHouhiuahf generous. One
final quttible regards ttvo
OOltgratulatory high score
maaaafle which decte^^^s the
ptayw 'One of the faataal
man in the wodd*, M girta
stay comptitar oainaa as waH
n would haw* bean more
appraprlata «h1 |i»t as easy
to Bimstltuta 'drivars' for
man .

> HoadhogI

JmarkL

** WhHe tome Jucky people
can 9fitHd to buy the cart
faaturad hefa, the ract of ua
nava n aiwiar oarry ovt
dreaming, or aifamattvaty
Iriay Craj'y Cars. Oraphlcally
the game is good, with tt«a
nioal^ drawn cara zlpplrtgi
around the often tortuous
raoatracfca, jostling anit
barQing aadi ottMTOut Of 1h«
way In an attampt to be the
Ural across the finishir^g llrM.
My only ni|^le is that the
road would tiawe benefHtftd
Iron) eWier road marfclnga or
road signs, since on many
occasions 1 was <»uaht
uruiwares tiy a sudden
hairpin fctand. Initial intaraat
is high as your car caraara
around tiands, and files Into
the air on Kitting the many
bumpe itMt adorn the lr*ek.
Although aaiy stages are
fairty easy to convMa. laliar
traoka almost need the
playef lo potaaaa flw sMIs
of a rally driver tt> survtva. I
enjoyad ptaythg Crazy Ca>rs; H
you're a budding Imy - or girl
- racer, lake a good took.

deceleration and cn,>csai loss ol
time.

TracidS become progressively
more difTiculi with more twists,
more bim>ps and more
deiermtned opponents. A status
display ai the head of the acraar)
slwws current speed and units of
tirr^o remaining.

" ft Out Run and Cfszy Car*
had a head on eoJiislon the
nesuft wMMifd be one of tfie
best games on the
Spectnim. Crazy Cars haa aN
the pFayabiltty and addictiva
quallHes that Out Run lacked.
Sacfly« tf^ first game from
TMua lacks any (graphical
RambciwafKa; tfie game is
a ttiaolw a without being
I mf i t aa a t v a - unlike Out Run
wtwaa apaad Kitfarad (fate to
the amount of deified
grsphlcs Crammed on-^
screen. Crajy Cars certainly
tiBS aome aesthetic appeal -
ttw dtotant cHy Is vary smart
- iMlt Ms main altractkm is tf>8
^ sa d at wtiich you fly
arouiMl the track. AH Crazy
Cars needs to make It art Out
Run-twatar la a white Hna
down ttia mkldla of itw road
and a few signs and bushes
on the side (rf the track. As it
Is, though, tfiings are going
to be vary ciosa between the
two. A great game for a r>aw
company dying to break into
the market. "

1

JCOMMMMTS

Joysticks: Sinclair

Oraphtes: Vrm ttwee main can

srarecognisadle. withasin^sla

road perspective

Sound; only a realobc revving

sound

Optiorw five levels of difficulty

ffiid a dioioa of three makes of

car

Oanarat rating: a tesiar Out

Run, without the graphtcal

appeal

Presentation 58%

Graphics 55%

Playability 70%

Addictiwe qualities 63%

OVERALL «Q%

CRASH May 1966

T*A*R'G*E*T

Producer: Imagine

Retail price: £7,66 cassette,

£14.95 disk
Author: Mike Lamh

U30700 ^p""....„„

R*E*N*E'G*A*D^E

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rw iragic (feaih of your

8»g, cannot go urmv-
■iven by a sense of biirn-
irtg mjustrce you make your way
through the seedy siroets or
Scumvitle, a labyrinthine rmsi of
crime af>d ! ^et dea'ings,

to a final .vn with Ih*

DQilonous gartg^lur himseTI.

The admrture can be undarta-
kfln aJone ot wpth a companion
(whose presence makes the c .">
petHion doubly lougN- ovef
moltiioaded levete. me aci.--.'

Do i^oij evw come home
Irom scho«} of work and
fe«l i/ke bsihlng the dog*i
head in? Ws4l if you do.
don't botti9r becau»e you
cen take chjI bH your tem-
pers on the beddi«s in
Target RenegKJe - arvd I
Ihlnh your dtog wilt be
relieved f Thia geme has got
to be the beat beeh 'em up
ot all time. It*if)«cked Full of
greet {prapi'rics, cokHir and
sound aifd with Mve levels
ot pure eddictiveness; you
cari'l go wrong. Each level
holds dWw«nt t»eck-
grounds and baddies that
rang* from motflrfclkBrs
that try lo run yo*» down to
dogs that inaiit on having
your head for supper^ The
mutUtoad spoils ^e excite-
ment now aiKl (hen but
once (tte next level has
kiflded you aoon Mt back
Idle the »M¥nQ of mliigis. In
most of the earty ^vela you
e«tt juat kick and punch
your way Ihrmtglht tMit ats
you pfO flw 1m bwldlei
get mom oufmirm and
begin to duck and dhw
away from your effoiia.
Lave) nve was the wortt
with bald headed hard-man
that beat you up with
snooker cues end a bcHiief
that c«uUruf)fDrMrUnihr«^
Ml! Tffi^nt FWiegad* Is a

g rent fallow up to Rens^de
orid dosorvea to dO Wli, "
PUCK

shifts from a dangefous muifts
f.,f,.v ^af partj la seedy otght lime
. via a seemingly hannless
i-iij, I-.--' •-■-* -" ■. -riopuiated
shopi; Tiaxiftg in

Mr Big s ncaaquarief s m a ^eazy
bar.

The inhflbjiants of Scumviue
have little goodwill lo spare: motof
cyclists, ^wiheads, Baastie Soy?
fans and 'adies of the moht. often
amw! -jys spoiflr>g for a

light, a;.-. .... ,u thwtirt yout prog-
ress thfough the sinister aty

Ybu f%ave spefrt a kit ot time cul
livating an athletic physique, how
evef. *hich enabtos you to carry
oui vanous lumping, kicking ana
punchirvg adions with reiatiwe
«a36. Koodkifig down a weapon-
carryilng opponem 0ves you the
chance to pick up his dub, *ko or
stick as it falls, an eirtra pomis
bonus IS awarded for making use
of objocts as weH as f>sts.

Each time a t34ow is sustained.
your health, indicalod by anwTflfgy
meter. Js diminished. Complole
toss of strength results in the loss
Of one ohhree lives,

Once all cun«ni opponents have

' ii sllckty
preMirrteid, arKl features
Colourful and generally well
delbiad graphics. The vsri-
oua guises of Scumvitle
vtee, from sotety-^pinned
aklrthwads to tmital Beastie
Boys fanSi en threaten-
ingly nvenBClna - eipe c taHy
whwn the vill«ni Iw db utt
you from behimf The sound
Is purely functional
aitfiough the minimalist
t>tfflnQ and thumping
noises add to the sinlstt
atmosphere. The gsmepL!
Itself leaves vory little to t
desired; control of the var
ous jumping, kicking and
punch^g movements Is
eKirqmQiy BmoOlh. Th«
number of opponents to
beat end the variety of
weapons to collect add
spk:e to what might other-
wise t}af»fne an OKMdy fvp-
etitious theme. Qne minor
drawtwck Is the teity fNok
screen scroillni^ the edQ*
of one ififen lums into \he
the OMiflne of the next wtth-
out Wftmin^ and leaves you
wHh * case of n^omentary
djsorjentstion. Don't l«rt
this put you ofl tfwugh -
TtepB* n e oeM de ts wm good
•« Its pr^Ac a ior t If not
iMtter. If ywhm allar tome
exalting beet 'WttUpttilkm
this is a good sxcus* to pari
with your ha]d-«am«d
cash."

un

Bl«h! Bash! Bosh! Now
this Is whait I can a bMtt 'am
up. Thtngs MiPV hm
changed s^ica Renegade
(09% , Issue 44). The fofts In
the nelghbourttood have
taken a chanoe for the
worse - It's no wnger sate
1 W3 Ik tba atrtats, for faar
of t>eing buim6 over itta
head by some BKe-wieWlrTO
Beasts Boy. But now you're
tit and ready lo take on any
old bakl bouncer w+th g
snooker cue. The moves
that you possess are beaul -
thily anlmatad and very
smoothly carried out.
though wfiether they'll t>e
at34e to sDce the rubber
dresses off the busty
women on Level 1Wo is
anolhw' matter entire^.
IMIke l^mb (he of Combat
Scnooi fameif has dcma

lmagln« |M9U4L FOTQi* VN*

aspinnft, IkiQel Renegade
will soon get rid of ttuit
pent-up nervous Ivnsksn. "
PMJl

beensubdu
onto

.. Surviwelhfoug* i

nation "•<' 'fi'i *■< ' ..•^^.,; r-^f

past Mr E guards and

par>gianLl i«jr,^ .i«s at your

^f. Succeed in destroyir^g him

'atlS body c&n ftnaily bt at

1 his Scumvilio grave.

COmMENTS

Joysticks; Cursor,
Kefnpston, Smciaif
Qraphics: every parttdpam
IS lull o( ehafftcler, iwWig Ns
or her own partioJar moves
jjnd atyte^ The backgrounds
add rwi atmosphere to the
game. brin<ging the action
fight into your home
Soundt rough n' tough title
tune with assorted mean dft-
ties at the start ot each of 1 he
fL^ kive^s. Average spot
effocis

Qjaionk delinabie keys, one
or two playofs (&muHane-
oioliyt, mitfic oiWoir
Qanafal f attfiffi nonogscts
was never this much fiin.
Mof« comwtt and tougher
characters make Huget
^enegadla the ultimate chal-
lenge

Presentation 63%

Graphics 69%

Playabili^ 93%

Addictive qualities 93%
OVEftALL 90%

GUNSMOKE

Producer: QOr

Retait prtca: td.dd cassette^ £12.99 dtsk

Authors: Topo Soft

I

eing Sheriff of a Wi(d West
10 wn isn't easy. When
trouble comes to lown, it
arrtveii with a tiang Ard trouble
has iust arrived in the shap^ of
jVtgel Face and tvs noionoufi

TTw first teve) of tWs v«ittcaliy
scrolling Ccmm&ndo vaham sees
(he player strolln^g along the street
of his b^ved town, running the
oauntlet of pistol pKkin'
F»oodlums who attempt to gun htm

down. The baddies run towards
ttw sh&rfH , guns blazi ng , or ctiarge
aloog on horseOach throwing
bombs which bounce across the
street before exploding.

The playef starts the game w>th
lour lives, tjut shooting the stars
whch aippaar occasional^ r«veai&
an extra life, a points bonua or a
stick of dynamt(6, contact with
which pcoves fatal. Runnino over
each symbol utilises these handy
additions.

W

JKATt

1

" ArvothcH' arcade conversion bttei ttw dust. Adrntttfrdly a lot of
attwitlionr has gone Into pefipheral details, partlcuiarly the ecUon*
packed kiadlrtg screer* and the gun -spinning Joystick selection
process, but die central graphics aie umpecbcutar. In theory
the game, a sort of Wild Weat Ikan Warhors, has ^nty to
fecommend It. However, pnictk» proves oltierwne. The odda
are stacked agahrtst the Siieriff : trigger-happy berKKta constantly
tftempt to shoot him In the back ehhoogh he can only btast
diagoriany and forwards. At dose qmsrters the sherrff stands stiff
and parirtysed, while his Oppan«iYt«' ability to ryn is
supertiurrtiinly improved. The challen^ to t»*ai tha fauWeas
computef 'next time' has {t frustrating and obsessive edge, tuit
conaidering the pii««, it's prol^sbty better nat t« t«lie il up, "

L

** If the ercaide game, Gunsmoke', Is anytMng Hke Itie oompuler
gsme I p^ the person thaf a put any money tn the slot -' the game
cor>cep1 is so boring! However, the presentation is al i«ast up to
theH* usual high standard: ti>ie individual people all have their own
CharacterisUcs artd the saloons aiKJ nmches are cokHjrtuI and
ctetalled. What the game lacks, though. Is enough variation to gel
yoy beck to it after ftniahlng a game, I couidnt reatly be bottwred
to atari again; I itnew whare t ivaa going and wttat would reeuH
from It If only yc<u could walfc aroiind a tanger play area, or even
turn around artd go t»ack on yourself, the game would tw much
nvofe of a queat and not so taborious. However, the tew that do
lika the arcade gante can't reatly fault the conversion. "

JmarkL

" After enioying Bedlam, I loaded Gunsmo^e wtlh a great deaf of
expectation. At&>ough I give QO! merit for thepreseritBtion on ttm
control option siaven, b>-geine statue diaptay, and the vmrtted
posters, the gwna ttaeK is pretty dir*. For a start ptay it vaiy
<fitficult, as I found to my coat iwlth iia aft ar i Ni being blown away
by the hoards of small, black blobby aprflaa that fire two shots
whilst my character thinks about firing one. Another annoying
habit the arvemy had was to appear from the tioltom Of the screen
Wfth guns Wazmg- The poor old Sheriff can't da a thing abiout it,
ba«»uae he can't turn round! I didn't evan make it to the tmtt ot
tfia first screen, tmi rm sure ttiat fact won't lose me any sleep sA
nieht. "

Produce: Martach
Retail price: £6.99

Authors: programmed by John Wilson from original
idea by Simon Ntcol

planets in the depths of the solar
system. TtT« gowemmem of the
future relyses to concern itself
Mth such outdated iss^as as
cultural exchange, though.

talest data from thie Institute
of Advfljnced Research
- indicates that there are nxire
ttian one or two undiscovefed

J NICK L

" Mega-Apocalypse la

anything but magad ll*a reaMy
^ust 9 gtortflftO aatarokla
gams with a bit of space
invaders thrown in for hjck.
The graphics are badly
defined and your ship is
difficult (o control at first.
The planet section

Ni» about the best
graphics with craters
showing on the otherwise
green hiobs, but to cfiearaM
the screens up ttietV iS S
fabulous display of swirling
dots Simulating a starry s^y.
There's no shortage of thmgs
to listen to wrth a constantly
playing tune and sound
effects over the top of that.
It's just a pity the game Isn't
a bit twtter with mors things
todo. "

J PAUL L

' Mega-Apocalypse aiHt mega-hard) If ttiere's one thing that
Martech's tatest game ha^ got it's addicHveness, H may be
lacking In graphics - which are pOOf and fiickary at the best of
timas - and sound - absolutely rione on the 4flK fall shoot 'em ups
need effects far atmospherre^ - but it doos instill that ^ut leeting
that you can't be beaten t>y e game of this tpoor) calibre. If you're
thtniiing of buying Mega- Apocalypae then don't expect the ftashy
graphics and smooth animation of other versions: it's very basic
and not raatfy worth ES.99 considering the lack of content Stiil,
it should keep you glued to the keytxsard for soma time. "

^ tt tmi be Afe^ but la it Sfinioocl?

Each potentially intelligent race is
potentially hostile, b^t lo t>iasl
them now ar>d think about it later
The mission is undedaken t>y a
sok) morKichrom« pod. equipped
wrlh a single laser, which jourrieys
a( high speed through a wtiirlpool
ol Stars. At ihe tieginning of each
round bonus objects are belcived
up from the junkyard of ?3rd
century space. Cak:ulaled

J KATI L

24 CRASH May 1988

" Fla%petthig unashamedly In
ttie sadtaUc ple^uirs of
bombing and tilasting
through the space Is a
pi«asure which most Shoot
'em ups stifle tn a 'save the
world' scenario or quite
simply fall to provide. Not so
Meoa-ApocaiypseH Th«

action, enhanced by the
eshilarating soundlrack, is
fast, framiad afKf

Immediately addlcthn.

Perversely the presentation
itself isnt at all

polished: the swkllng
movement ol the stars has to
compensate for tack of
colour and complexity, whiia
colliskHi detection la
occasionally messy. The
apocalypBe is. not altog other

as mega as the advertising
claims Imt It does deserve
something more than just
mild success. "

Otoe the end or itw landscape
c5 rMCh«d, a stKiol-out occurs.
betwMil Ifitt $h«iri(f and the end-
of-levdMiaddie. wtvoae face
appears on a wanted poster at iha
stanoJttMsecbofi.

The game coittinu«3 in ttus
fds^iic^. ifvOMflh the rnUfOad
station, ih« canyon and acto^
rapicts or a rafl, CLrimioalmg m a
meackiw wTiem a toornersng-
thro*ing Angei Face Is oonfrocinixi
tn the final showdown.

Joyaticka: Cursor. Kempeton,

Sira^alr

Uraphica: the characters are

(Mailecjtxultoosmav.

BuHdbngfi an cotourlul and

: pop. pop from the

: ciennabia keys
Oenenri rating: due to Vtn
co^-op's restr^ions
Gunsmotocould never be
twtter than a boring shoot 'em

Prt««ntatioii 70%

Graphica 56%

Playability 46%

Addictive f|uallU»a 50%

OVERAit, S4%

a3i|»sK>n tacttcs equ^p the <textral
p<toi wrtti a range of technical
impfovemenls. rotate motors pius
aiAafira, speed up thrusts,
mtssites. extra lives and bo<nu5
points,

As the ship hurtles through the
void I he pDot encountefa a serHK
of gyrating comets, plus planets
HftMCh grow in Size as they
approadn. As their »ize increases,
so tloes ttieir immun^tv to laser
firs and tNy also becorr^
increasingly dtnicult to avoid. At
thiis stagt oorrtact means instant
death,

Successflfl exterrntnatkon ol all
the heavenly bodies m &ach roufKJ
give* Ihe (numphant pilot instant
access lo the n«xi set of bor^u^es
afvd anothef, aver} mait*
dartgerous, planetary system.

,_Jc

COMMENTS

Jl^attdtss Kempeton. Sinclair

QrapMca: poor and svnpiy

des^ned foreground stiips

with a s«irikng background of

stars

Sowd: exhilvatirig' 126K

tune only

Gtfwral rating: a poor, but

futuristic. AstGfoii<is ctooe

Presentation 60%

Graphics 48%

Playabilitv 59%

Addictive qualities 53%

OVERALL 58%

i

GOTHIK

Producer: Firebird
Retail price; £7.95
Autlior: PauJ Hustchinson

Long ago. an evil lord threw
the tands (ar lo the north of
Gelorri into tu^^TKl^l arKj
confusiori. He captured the
wizard, Artsatori; tooic away his
cioaft and divi'ded hie body into six
pa^s. E^ch pert was placed
separately in a aec^at cttamber
gjuarded by a mlg^ demon.

The q uest to recover and reunite
the wizard with his robe niay be
attempted by orve of two vikirige:
OlBf {renowned ior liis strength) or
Olga {wise in ttte ways of nr^ic),
Tt^ search takes place in tourdarit
lowers, each compnstng seven
floors of maze- tike passagto and
rooms. The strartge inhabitants of

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these gntn sunoundngs prove
hostile, but each warrior carfies a
SL^jply of arrovirs. bouncir>g
elQClncity bolts artd firebeUa with
which to protect themselves.

Initially fl>e p(ay^ is m
poSiSession of two cantrips wh«ch
enable Nm to tium away
obstructiing bracken (oBowing

JkatTL

" The presantstlon of GoihtiK. whieh owes a (ot to Dandy and
Oruid, Is siteh. Sorrw of ttM aquelchy spot effects are humerDus
and the tigufea are d«t>il«d. Unfoflunatetjr, the variety prqmiHd
by the compfex fnstructlorts falls to materialise: long petkidaaiia
apent stumbimg aimiessty through the nmze of corridon and
moverrHsnt is ntten pointlessly Impaired by burning carcasees
which blfi£k passages iong after the alien Is deML 4Wtough there
■ra 33t typ«» af potion only three or four seem to new, and
■Ci c e win g rooms by l>tJming bracken to ntucH le«a brtarwtihg
than the traditional n>ethod of colta«liite kmfti «it l««s1 Itie letter
involve* some element of risk, Valiant vwlngp wvudUiely to give
up pIMagIng for a qu0«t as mediocre as lMa> "

J PAUL

' ' Talk about mof e of the samet l*ve seen mora Gaiintlei clones In
the lest yeer than t care to rememtwr. The sirmpto fact rafnalns
that ths coficept i» now repetitive and dated. Gothik contains few
advanoes over early spvli gsmee like Dar>dy. The pKrtkms may do
dfffervnt things but the game is basically the sanw. And why. all
of a sudden, hava these gwitea gorre monochromatic? Are they
poktg down the is^me route « snoot 'em upe? There's no need
nxH. Evenif ttie progran^mers have forgotten the patetta, IheySM
ramemtierad the sound chip - a great tune blasts out on aH
ven^ons^ Oothik contains a plethora of sp«Hs and weapons.
which mAe the game very interesting lo Start with, af thou g h
ofwe used thw fall to hold appeal for much longer, A decent
enough gariM, but still at full price? "

Watch evil Her* com^ (Kg^

access to other parts of the tower)
and translorm gold into food.

Treasure, eidra arrows and
oif>er bonus nerr^ (xan be
collected, such as relics, which
have the power to make the player
invistbie, and potions to ineraue
(ire power or reptaca arwrgy.

Once the w42wd pwli and ckMfc
have been teuniied, the wizard's
power IS rmofed and peace can
tie returned to the land north o'
Betorrt.

JHICK L

" Qothth deesn*! really hold
anything new but there is
aorrn tun lo be had here.Ttie
Rttle ipntee are quite wr^l
defined and ttie anlmabon
makes them look extra<maly
cute. They nwve amoott^y
aovQss the detailed
bechgroij'nds, but the woy
everything freezes while the
screen scroti^ isn't M that
helpful, A scrolling $yBtem

sImJiar to the one in ik^
Warriors would have been
much more fitting. On the
colour side, the

programmera coidd have
been a bit nwre adverrturous
than tust yellow

backgrounds that cfunge to
Mue at nighU plus red blocks
wHh black charactefs. Gothik
Is worth looking at but does
get a bit borina after a
whHe. "

1

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COMMENTS

sT

Joyaticlia: Cursor. Kempston
SifKlair

QraeMeK monocfwome
backdrops, with Hftie variation
of cute, but srnai, chsractars
Sound: mediocra spot effects
with impressive tune
Options: choice of Olgs
(female) or Olaf (male)'
Ganenl rating: the leeimg
was that we've had er^ou^ of
this type of game

Prftcantatkxi 60%

Graphics 55%

Ptayability 57%

Addictive qualiUas 54%

OVERALL 90%

CRASH IVtay198S 25

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AnolhwlMrty day! tfllw ertaka a f«wt hnwpKkMd. Jind onc0 »9tfn
tt'fi ^nw fbr m* to mtm Into snotiw bulglnD maHbag, Mk:roproM
come uiKl*r f irfr from a co4ipl« of c onacto ntipua ol>j|#ct0fs, mcl INv*
mn also inors opinions on tha new brvad of 1$-M comptitan^ and
thair af>}Mir«rit Inripending takaovw. Captain P^Fanota has navar had
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DON'T SELL
OUT

DoarUoyd

After raadlng me (ottars m CIV^SH

Ue«l obliged, even if my vkew3 ars

insignificant, lo write (well type) to

you and voice my opMons on Vie

state oi the Spectrum and

up^adJng.

I (« mere 1 3 yev otd} have
dedded to upnade this year and
buy an Atan ST. So far I've waived
half ttie mooc^ through hard work
(deUvefir^ 400 papers a week isn'1
my Jdea o1 fun) and I hope to have
saved Ihe money up buy
Sejpiembef.

raOO ts fl haR of a (ot of money
''" -'""-rw, (fli atone a acboolboy

. Q set my eyas Of\ that
idrytf [ Many other p«Of)le aa you
know are upgrading and iNe is
whate ihey malte 9wir big mistake
-TVtEY SELL OUT)

Christi It rnakes me rnad. The
amoum of dassMad adverts
s^bng Spaocys is huge. And
worse then thM they're grossly
underpi'iced, a common price
be^no CSO The Spectrum is an
excelleni Qames machine and
contrary to comrrion belief. I think
it has many more years to go. With
4 nrulliton Spectnorm arxmndt the
software companies are
contjmilng to produce soHware,
«td pecole are stU buying the
gwnes. So as k)ng as ttw puftriic
boy Spectrum games iha
oornpenleswUi continue
prowcing ttwD. Simple isn't rt?

With thatthouoht in mind, when
t purctiaaa my ST f wtJi liang on to
my Spectrum and carry on buying
software wtiich m )0%-BQ%
cheaper than 16^it stuff.

Ouite frankly I wnti the praaa
wouid slop beir^ io na^riive
about the Spectrum, l-lome
computers are primanly for
sntartainment and ttiat 'S what I
get. Tnj0, you can get superior
entertainment from a 16-b(t
computer but at a much superior
pdca. Tl^k about K.

I hope that yoy prl^ my letter
even i1 it Mt snakes r^uJers awfliB
that the Spectrum has a k>ng way
togoyet-
Scott McNab> Edlr>burgh Elte

Bmifnhg, Thopunsh^grofa
s«xr^tvtKi Spectrum obwous/y
warns to use Hie con^pufer, anct
witi ttvf9hf^g0Qut and buy
gmios. thus ke^fjmg the
^fKirsjm games nikrket active,
rw. the Sp«ctnim has plenty of
years M7 iifyaf - foudpn't neec' T6-

btt graphics and souncf to ma^e a
tSffmantgam^Fory^sensi^
cofmwnts. I've dedded to award
yootiii^ month's £40 aatlwara
WJocfter.

GUNSHIP'S

ILLEGAL

ACTIVITIES

Ltepyd

Aa an old fboey who h» been
reading CFVSH for aavaral ycttrs.
tthouflht rt WB3 tirne I got upon my
soapbOH.

1 was going to write in gtowtng
praiBe ofM^c^oproee's Otmafiip.
but on getting more deep^
invotvecf I came across some
woftying aspects of the game.

After reeding through tf\e
jT»nuel <»refuliy, i Soaded up and
was soon zooni^ ecnj^ tne
training ground with cannon
Waging. jAi Last'' I thought. A reat
flying simuiatjion. flo chibfish
anc^e games for me But cioaer
inspection of ttie SLibsaQooni
zevMft thought me up short. What
wai this? 62nd Airtiome in Central
America?

I womdered ftow many yaung
people b«ppily playif^ Ounte^
realne Ifiat the US invofyement in
Central America has baen
coratanmedasltle^ by the world
court ai the Hague, and President
Reagan's Contra aims deal
contravenes not only several
American laws, but the
constiiution of itio Unitsd States
itse»f.

So wtm?' some of you may
say, 'It's onty a game. ' But the
point is thai rs NOT a gvne. Thb
tswiaoajrateairruilatlonbasodon
a real inckleni whjch ts still going
on today.

Thotoarwls of irtnooen4 people
twre been kHlM in Cemnii
Americe now because o4 terror^
action sponsored by the US
Government.

Is ti fight to allow a computer
' game' to broadcast a subliminal
messme via a Meure medium?
Such things art barmad on Briiiih
leiewiskin.

The rvauft of al tlifc» aoui
aeawhinQ b that r veeome to ihlnh
r wB)(t)a Iba mJ n dleas artada
gamae wtticb are cor^anify
condemned as harmhjl are in fact
less harmful becajae tfiay are
in^ndiess. Mobody cares if yellow
Biiera from planet Zeta. or evil
Ores are basted Into fragmertts.

The ^rukl msssage to refiiernber
is thts: the greater me reotjam. ibe

aeatar tfw responslbilrty needed.
TrewDT PairWl^ Walthanwtow,

London E17 8JJ

The fact fftaf the US Army
shoiildnt ba in South Afnsrics h
b&sidaiM point -iiiey a/9, and
ihis sirnutatiar, as you say. ift
'real*.

LM

A FEW
POINTS

Dear Uoyd

A question Has Peter Hoar from
Essex got a bratn? If he can tell me
atxMit a IsetlerSpeclrLim magazine
than CRASH I shaJI be very
surprised. Who has merttiofted a
cartstantty high standard of
reviews, tWSi arfWOrk ano
enjoyment over tha fast few years?
Who has bean first with intefv»Bws,
reviews and features? Ask
yourselves these queatioris and m
each case the answer Is CRASH.
And he's compl;^ ning about the
pricel Ooesnt he think any other
Spectrvvn magazine will incrime
price? It jMSt dhows ttut CRASH
has got the guts lo trad the way as
ihey have lor ttie last *ew years in
Spectrum computing,

ypu're teWng me someone over
the Qhrislmas holiday has (3x^ed
the number ot advenisemerrls
Has he notJiing else lo do? If he
thought ei 95 IS too much, then
wtiy Old lie buy it?

Arvothof Ihtr^, wtiy did he think
tha CRASH history was pointlesa
bacauae ha had bTi the Issues?
Most people I Know four^ the
history both wed wntlen arvd
interesting, as the first Jssues of
CRASH are like gold-dust!

AiK] he thinks March C^/ ^/ is {ust
an upgrade of Mafc/i Oay. He must
ba barmy! why does he thinh
Matc/1' Day Si h^ juat oona to
Number 1 in the CRASH readara
(^wt?

All I can say IS tt«t he fTHiSt be
stupkl, and Tm sure Jots of others
shore nw views.
Marh J Taylor. LeJgh, Lanes WN 7

1NX

Yes. yns> ym.

LM

COMPUTER
PROPAGANDA?

DearLk>yd

I'm wntjctg to complain aboui ihe
anti- Russian bias in the products
of l^icroprose. t own Gijrtship,
which is the only game I have from
iNs company, and have found the
instruction booklet to be fui of
propsftsinda. Vet more rsceoUy i
have t>een ^>oensed by reet^ a
review by Sfsa/th Ftghter in ZZAPi
-a game which is soon IQ appear
on the Spectrum, This 'game' is

even rrtore extreme than Gunsh^,
and has ttte dtsaste to include
mtesiofis ovw Libya and Lhe
Persian Gulf, tn fact one ZZAPI
reviewer even commented itial ihe
gama waa *o lopictf that he fatt we
mtattt tea vkhat he (fid, on the piirie
o'aodt news ttut evening.

Seen from a purely 'pteyabUHy'
standpoint, both Gun^tp and
Sfasllft Fi0vtstare very good.
Thus it seems likely that marty
people wW buy these products,
artd Microprose's propaganda will
feoelve inside coverage. Thus
these products are more ttian just
games, es their bias <s so strong
end widespread . Computer
games. I firmly beBeve. should not
contain such prcpagenda. and
shoukl certarlniy not try to makes
game out of a cunent conflict,
where people at this moment
people may actusHy tie b^nq
k riled This l^ind of program mual
be discouraged.

Dtgital Integration are an
SKftrnple of a company wtK»e
gamM contain no propaganda,
artd yei thair games TetmHavnk
and ATFara on exactly the same
subtscss as GunsNp and SfaaWt
/^ip^lsr respective^. Ctearty rt ts
not necraury to simulate topicd
batdra for a game of this type to be
playable. The trend which
Microprose is leading will only
bring computer gammg imo the
midst of the poliicai sttge, and
this is smeiy underslrable, I for orw
wW not be buying Sreaffh fighter.
and hope ottws wtt soon jo^n me.
Nlgef Voak, Esesx

rt '5 so easy fog»f he* MP tfi fh«a sort
prs/fuafion. Personaify I think ttmt
fiying 'r^Hatic' skrvji^ad
mi^km pvar 'raat'plao$a ftalps
bftngyour^entHXJ to thafaei that
^tisaort&fttttngcot^m^
haflpen. Yoo can't just turn your
back on the possttJiUty of contact
in thaMtddaEaatin thehopa ttiat
ItTtgoaway. Thastckarmg
fingoiam m &te Micfopeosa
#iatnjcti towm ariua/, howmar, does
land to SffatSL

LM

ATTRIBUTE

Dear Uoyd

I am wfrtirtg to you for the ftrst time.
After several veers of owning a
Spectrum 1 26, 1 have always
epioyed tiie On 7Tw Screen as I like
to do a Ch! ol art myself. Onty . Itiere
is one problem. I own an AMX'
mouse and the Artist If. Tt>ese two
are both very good, but tfiey t>clh
lack dne tariff COLOUR BeAxe
anyone corrects me. ihey do tiave
colour bul only lo a pathetic
standard. They pul the colour in In
b^ blocks, so circ:ies become
squtf^. So what I would khe to
kr<tw IS am I usmg them correctly
or noL Aho what packages do the

CRASH May 1988 29

people UM on the On TTw Screen
to gel IH« coiour Owy do?

Vtmnk you for reacRnfi my letter
and hope you wiH be oble to l>etp

J*iw Mether, U^erpool l.'KOf^

Pie prot^ems ' you'm tmi^ are
what owy SpecJnim owner fiss—

ccTTfMf^ can ^ijy acpspt nwo
QPtouiS inmmychamcterspwx-
evmy BJcBpixoi btocA.
ConeeguerTtt)'. HlTwrr yw ffy lr)d
pi/tttvi»cok}ursiPtoabiock, one
of thorn disappaxs and f urns frrfo
th? €iSAi3Mr you Ve usfr^, {h(j$
ruAii^ ttmpKtum. Artists htm rt>
bfiv«»yej|(»t«rtD^airtiurK}lteee
pfotmtm. mdbasicaifyltmamiB
piafmkfQOiityotrpietumttounid
ehmaeiar$qxarss. Try leokkfg at
kmeSnffacmetta to get an idea of
wtMyou can at cannot do. tt Okas
quiteahtotptaetiat. butoncayou
geitttataa^yQushoukiba^stBtQ
ptoduoa soma britaant pictufaa
¥fiffi the art package you've
already got
LM

WOT? HO 128
GAMES?

OewUoyd

I em the proud Dvmer of ■
Spectrurn I2e end I think iMt is a
greet inachine. bul t am f hncUtig it
very hard lo buy 128K OAmes to
get the moet out of my Speccy .
The 1 2SK was brought oui to snow
people the dtfferer^ce in graphics
and eound compared to the 48K.
twt wtiat is the sense in buytfig a
1 2ft or + 3 if you carwTOt buy f Z8K
soflwam. Can yoy plesee tstl me
why it Is so ham to find 12BK
geme».

My second ptMHliorr^, ifttks
new SAM Computer [revi^iived In
last rnfxrths Tecti Ni^i^ 'ts going
to be compiatibte w<th $(iectnjm
4eK software, is there going lo be
much new software for it or will
SAM owners have lo makado wth
4Bk software liK@ us that own 12BK
machlnea?

I hope you wrne a fepty (or ivcy

queMiona ea I am sura there era
plenty of people who would like to
know the answer. Keep up the
good wor1( there ai the CRASH
offteea.
PkAert Hartway, Dubliri 14, Eire

Ves; ^parf trt>m a few e/ttxptiom.
Spedirvm 12Soi}tysam^afe ve<y
scarce i n de ed . We raaaon fiof thk
Is beyond tiie.Tttefe am ple^ot
1288 sfDund, 90 wfiy don 't giames
fTyKiutactuters spend some extra
tkneknpfovfngttteir programs to
intiude extra hettjres and
sareensffsttotMttiinkSAM
amtervwIHbehexactfythesame
txsiit es yoti . . .

LM

NOT JUST A
FAD

DearUoyd

Flr«| of ait congratulations for SO
eMi ja l pnt inuas- £v«- since I
started naama CRASH i have
afways found It to be the best
magazine, itanding heed and
sfioulders atove m rt ri vails.
Everyxhrig aboul it ts tcAaity
suparlior finctuding your letters
page, wtMre at teast you bother to
answer the leRors and iktn't print
pisre drivet Uke some mugs.
However erKMjgh of this grovedtng.
and on to my poinl.

the mam reason I l^va written
ts regardjno the editorial arlide
written by Ba^tnaby Page, t don't
naaiv aorae that the moustry Is irt
that bed a shape. K offers a greet
variety of enienainmenl and
practical uses for the Home
Computer owner, at what I
consider a fair prijce.

4 fjb agree however that the
Industry could do wtth mora media
coverage by Ifie national press. )t
ta deflnrtely not a minority hobiby
and H ts o^vioualy naU Some craze
that wtll fade 9horlly>

Myaalf and some fr^enda have ill
written to various rtoMonal and
Joctf papers ftstfing why they don't
testups a re«4ar sect*on ori home
Qomputing, but they seem content
to Isavatfiat sod of thing to paopla
fiif e youfsetvM and t^a not reaiy

ii f -t i :m ' i f .f J e/.i J « /.I J «tt JTf\ Ji ^1

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n kioks as if we will all nave to
aticH with CfiASH »id to t>e toiatty
honest ttiaHsjusI finewtihme. By
the way t'\ 2i is a b(t expensive
but I suppose lis worth it for the
vahie'^gel
Matt Contwltyn Hayeis»

MMdle*«xUB4QLA

Computerseetiana in newspapers
areonttte iDncnaaea ttiesedays, bvt
\vtmirwllythir*i9fmMtgi9a
tdavition prvgrwrrmio on
BompiJla^. Trmrtt's absolutely
nothir^ mxsund at the momerrf ,
m^ii^S¥9rysAiind9^ P)ifhapf
t^har mKier^ have views cm ttUs
misfler?

LM

ARIOLASOFT
CLOSEDOWNS
WAS IT THEIR

DearUoyd

I read m the March CRASH alMXit
theckMJng down of Anoiasoft UK .
In the report disappolnttng' sales
were teamed, tf you take a look at
Aholasoft's S<0ivner '37 range you
woyidn*t be surprised - sim \m
KMter Ring (47%). Mountie MickS
Oeathnde [47%). Trnxoe (53%)
and OoB^t <■ fe/(56%) . Perhaps

if they'd been more choosy about
what got fateased and compared
(f)em to olfiar software reieaaee
they woukln't f«ve been In ttte
po^tkm they're in r>ow. (Even
Ocean got it togetfier last yeer to
bnng us Smashes such as Heed
Over HeeA and Wztujir.
tnc»dar^lly . I hear that Ocean plan
10 cut the amount ol 'B6 reieesn
to 2/2 at last years' n order to
spend mora ttme developing the
games, wtilch means a tMtlar
standard of aoftware,

Ariotasoft were capat)le of
making grMt games (remember
ThtnkK Skyhx, Csmglof Waniors,
Deadivators and Tmrors ot
Trantos^ Anhough I adMt theea
didn't deem to »m w> greet
pLAntitiea - a wrong martteUng
miK pettiapaTi TTw ' downfaR ' of
AriOlftSOft S€!«ms to have started at
the baginntng of 1 967 when lti«y
stopped publishing tn their own
right and ertwrgsd with a tisiful of
labafs ^tar%ht. R«aktor. 39
Steps, Viz DeaigD and Magiic Bytes

' On a ightor note Magic Bytes is
now beli^ mafteted t^ Q»miif\
Graphics- does this mean that
they now have the hghts to Phk
Psfflfher the game?
Tim Sslcer. Mid Qtamofgan CR

iT 'm sad to seeAitd^aoHpuBoutof
the UK, tyuf f'm afraid in thi^
tfKkssifya'i sirvtvai ot ttte litest
MagtcByt^'PkOiPammissoon

^

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LM

MARKS AWRY?

OearLtoyd

You <&d It with Daley's DecattOon.
y ou did tt wilh Mffi^e^ Oqr- Vou d«d
rt to Ar^dTKMf and you^dbne It to
Tetria (Issuo 50}. vm taiking. of
courae, about aerlioualy
uf>dieiTa11r«g grwt games . Hovir ori

a^arth (f<d your reviev<

gall to pen 9uch phrases asi poorly

implemented' aurtd ' become

bodrtg"?

Tma, Tstrti is maybe noi Ow
most vlauaiy aiufviing of games
on tl^ Spectrum, but in aganw Nice
thia lool^ doftt (»)urvi fw enythkrvg ,
ZZAPI ^bberetf over t}ie
Commodore version (rtghlly so),
yet I tfttnk Ihat itie Spw^um
ImptafiientatKin is Iw b»tt«r In ih«
type of game Tsths Is, fancy
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can Oft wi mar its piayabKity. If you
look at the Atari ST werskjn, with rta
F^oe«»gH-30 btocks and things,
you*i see wtwl I mean.

Ihe Tetfis review htgNjgtita
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Of course, you'R pfob^>fy pour
out the atacKlard reply, Uoyd,
saying that tlie leitnewere form
their own opinkKtB, and t sw fine'.
&rt when the revievi«f«' op&^ons
start varying too much from Ifiose
of everycHie else, it's time lo gel
new reviewers. I say the leal
staternentw^eome authoritv - 1
wotic in a oompuAer #iop^ and lam
cenaMy not alone in my adoraition
of Teltis.,

I reekofi you'll probiMy receive
more than a few ieitersof
complaint about the review, and i
tftink you deeeive it Then again . ff
you print thii lettar. you wiM most
probabty tie senr sackfuis of
letters from tosistAtrvg ^lordea

ecreafning, 'HarafUcfHareticI',
Summing i^, 1 believe tftai
CRASH hw done too miM^ laurel-
reet^. and has begun to talie ts
raaden^to for granted . If you
continue to beeome leas and inaa
reti8t)(e as far as raviewa go. trwn
ttwe are plenty of other
magazinesout there jual waltir^ to
net dUOuaioned CItASH rMdars. 1
have bean buy^ CflASH avar
sinoe Issue 1 , and for aome time
now I hewe been leoa saMaied with
wti«t was once s greet map ilna.
For tlie moment, i will conahuato
bwORASH to maintain my
ooMetKNt, and in ifw hope tt^ you
will give yourselves a b% ehake
and. raise up to youfi tM, hiijjh,
sta^^idvtfa,

(E wen Dalton, Ayrahln KA1 2 OU

HM.EwHn, wb'V6 got a new S0t of
(Mjxe revMHnars. artdfiaviaelsp
dOmped mo Indiwdu^fatitigt
f^iam, wNch $arv»(i onty to
i/nd(nmir>e fihe ovwailf marfL
Hopelt^you'KtfKtfftslrnmka
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To be hofwsi. lagfBowittt you
sboutTmiiB-it'aaMtutouamo
gama, ami HHatraaa what t wm
taBdng about aaf^ar. Who*ta6^
16-bit grapNca and aoiunif?

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IS THIS MAN
SANE?

DearUoyd

I vmn once a fanatic of the Mghesi
dBgrae. My life was dedicated to
the QOkJeri tun^ of M^yic Miner.
thegiowilng •greens of Jetpac,
Halm of TNngs, right through to
0tte, GACand the stunning soi>nd
effects af Fi$i (gn^ grunij. Death
slaikecl my very tkeatrm. shadowy
fonns lurhed In ttie depttts of
thouohl, occasionally ap^jeanr^g in
a mangnant burst of consoence,
Ben Stone's face woiid learout o(
my innermoet sanctuartaa of
thought scraamino * You went and
bougM it. you prurte. you even fOM
for the 'Commodore screens
^hourn' and 'Sonne screens may
vary* tridts'. but stil i «ent on.
Many nkfhts were spent awake in
tt« acruhase thai always seemed
to come from the power pack and
smelled like tiuming sook$, ar>d
sweating, ahaklnd fte a ties!
poseesaed as I tried to lose my
ttiQughti in aieep, oh those homTic
memoriea of the grating tunes Of
Mr Wotiff'a Loopy Uuiklry.

TTwn came the fatal nimkottvi
was to lead to near self destrudion
of mir^ numbiOQ proportions,
I 1 bou#(t a Commodof e
C <iw brief months ddttiis

l^^te.. ■„ .n«,|ustJflcatlon oi my placs
in Ssien's toilet. Okay. I hnow
that's vwy ImmahjFe. but it dkf
crash a lot and the gannes dbdnt
qMitehoklilfQrme.l . . . LOOKfif
you're going to start actirni <>^
(fwt you fan )oBy well, . . wellyou
can Slop i^snififl to act like that
right now. mtladdo. Sony. sony.
kwit this, these lapses hardly
hap{»en any rach more, I'm really
quite aa> AAARgurr fine tJleurgh
now. I mean what with the
Commsdore coming down m pnce
hwo weeics after I bQi>ght or>e, ^KJ
than ... it's such a <^uel,
haanieas. cold, iimruthlasa
connputer. Oh my God, \'m mad
aar^AaAmaAAaurrghh snarl
(Okay, so Russ Abtxitt did it firsl.
big fat hairy deal! Sorry, f just had
losay ttta!, GarftMfs myfave). Qt/i
now, eSVk many a darli month of
lor«]iness and maturation (I SAID
MATUFtATIONri I am ready to
return to tf» world of funny shaped
power padxs and tapes that only
work on my mate's machine, a
new generation of computer kkis
who mato me feel Vkd getting out
the Oredan 20CX) (What do you
mean you haven't got a bottle?}

WW, my Speccy 8 out an ' ready
for a blas^. If only I can ^ the
damn tt»lng out of the bOM aar-
AAfln-nrV'narghgggh on no
not ttw twitch aa^

Whai can I say . . .
. X . agartiQnn . . .
.. , ii'sgreattobebitcfc. .,
ugh>
dua, LodtartMe, DumfriasahJre

ooats an holding to Lo^eitiie
tt}is very m*r»ufe.

MORE MARKS
AWRY

DearUoyd

I'd like to comment on your review
of the computer g^ne Qsn Dan^ ti
(reviewed issue 43}. I read CRASH
regularly and have agreed wiUi
every review, give or take a few,
until now.

Your review of Dan Def9 li was
ttie worst review you have ever
wrMsn and I think your reviswvs
Nsthvi. Mike arKJ N^ck ^lould t>e
asked why it>ey gave the game
such a bad ratina In the review,
Mike stated that R wiything, tt was
worse thsn tfte original Os/r Oare.

give trash lil^ Filing Sftanlc a rating
Df S$%. In my OfJiTHan, Oi^Oan^/i'
deserves a rating of at least 90%
and if it had been reiaased eadker.
it wcMd have go4 my vote for the
gaine of the year,

n irks me to have towriietoyou
tHJt I feel tt was necessary to
hiotiliaht this blatant mtscamage
of jfuslioe shown by your review of
the OflTi Ows /^O^me.
Jonatihan Gyngeif. Flttwlck.

SedsMK4S1LI=

Yau$aklityouf99tf. 'it my
djpcrMDn'. M the oktsdagegoea.
orie man's meef j^ arxtfnsr tnan'a
pobon-andwhsnttcomasdovm
t& fevitwing, it's Always a maffar
of petsonai opinion, ftnsun
thefo's Sfxneotw otrt there wtio
thifflta e^f Dan Dare II was
ovenvCadOf LM

Don Y wony Gus - ffts fTianirT wMe
32 CRASH May 1988

As Iv aa rm concerned, this is
utter nonsense. The originali Qstf
Oamis hm at first but It^ too easy
and can be comptetad after a few
goes. Den Dtre ft. however is
much mors oompainaandtotiBy
addlciive.

AJso, in the overall c o mrnants
190)( it sakj thai the colour is
distrtiuisd withoui ihcKjght. That
could not be fur^w from the truth ,
The colours have tjeen mixed to
create some eKceMert new colours
and the shadirtg is incredifale. t
agree Ittai the white coteur of thie
ivhanKtara is not very good, but it
avoids lots of bad ooiKHir clash ar>d
It's nicer ttan the green of ttia
origna) Don Dare ganw.

I also noiicdd that only f^ick
mentioned the seQusfKe on Itia
options page witji the spaceship
moving aksng. iTha spaceship teelf
is supert)^ drawn en6 the triple
sooll of the stars behind it is
exoeiient animation,

Oan Oans If improves on Oan
Olarv In every aspect ol Itw garni
and I fail to see why h shoiuid gel
an overall rating of 74%, when you

ON THE 1 6-BIT
FRONT

OearLkjyd

I was already thinking about
writing to ydlt, wf)^ T saw your
ietters page in issue SO. Tt^
(tel^nitety rriade my mind up. and
so Tve put pen to paper (or firtger
to key) to whte you Ihaca few liries.
I ' m not goingto criticise Mr Hoar's
letter (thoudh he certainly
dsaen^ itj, as you protNibiy are
alreedy ftooded with crttJdama on
the said lettav.

Instead I 'II be nwlting a
constructive chticlam on your
reply to Patrick Taylor's letter . I do

There goes aruther month, and another maSbag, If you have any
commanti on . . . anything raally. wHta to IXGVb MAWOllAli,
CRASH FORUM, l»0 BOX 10, LUDLOW, SHROFtMIRK, >V8 1 DS.

You r>ever know - if your letter 19 interesting, you could watl sea it in
prhrt. If you're REALLY iuchy, you mtghl sven fir*d a software
voyohfir.dropping onto your doorrnaL

thmk It takes a tot OH coorage to say
that l&*bit machines ere M
' minor disturbsncea' , and
compare them to desktop
fXMshlng. m my own, humble,
ofjinkin ttsese machir^es are
indeed a greal step forward in
antertainmant software. There is
one point you should have taken
imo consideration: tfte 16-bit
machines are now on ti>eif Horace
goesSfniiirigptiaise. What I meanis,
progr an wT W ig techniques aie far
from tcfiiev^ their best.
Oraphlcafly, games won't get
rr^ich better, but on the playabMlty
aide, they wM get much, much
better and some greet garrtes will
be possible only on these
rriachinaa. It's obvKNje it'fl lake
quite some time, but it wtt happen.

And where iJoes this leave our
good fsMhfui Spectrum? Wan,
obviousV ^ t^ darkest comers of
consumer's households. But that
doesn't mean it won't tw worth
keeping rt for another ooupie of
years (yes. that's all tfie time
you ve got teflji, because I! is now
a totally sxpkired pomputer with
some vary playsllle gttmee. Thts
computer's dscadence might
even make sottwara gat better, as
softvrare houses woiri be aMe 10
afford sales disaslars.

What I really meant to remmk
was that t think you're cheating
your readers. You really can't
beNeve what you Mid. can youTTt
I don't want to be thought of as a
(raliorto our common cause. I saw
Spectrum software grow with the
pass^ ol the vears (mine has 5
years now), and I wM see it die . And
n will be worth every single
seoond. at leasi to taW my
grandsons what computeri were
hke in my time, And the two years
we've got ahead of us will also be
worlh tt. It IS a shame ttwt
averything musi end, bul on the
other hand, belter things may
come ahead

( hope I haven** hart mry fesfings
and I do bettevo there aren't many
CFtASH readers who wani to
believe in what I just said, but it is
Quite evident. Myway, I wfl never
sett my ^ectnjTi, and I will afways
but CRASH as long as it tasts.
Brum TabofidB, l^boa,

Portugal

Of course, the 16-biim»:hinee iw^r
evwitueityta((S over -whaU mean
» that ft's fioi ffoing to happen
overnights is ottmmaae out tsy
ite manufSscfbfrers sn>d owners of
these compirfers. TheS^iecfrum
haa pletny ot life in it yet, and I'm
sura ifMf there aw many
progremmefa ouf iharvrw^tD
diimon^firflto fftaf ym/ can sfili
teech anoktdpgnow tricks

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AMIGA £19.99 D(»k
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JOjgHMjfitjl

Following a recent vfsjt to the 44th Amusemen t Trades
Exhibition International Show at the Olympia in Lon-
don, Steve Jarratt and Julian Rignall report on some of
the newer coin-ops you're likety to lind lurking in the
comers of your favourite arcade . . .

casitle is a torig and treacherous
one, and jftvolves crosstrtg mons-
ter infestotf lOTMii, ewamps and
lava pits,

Exbi weapons and evasuts ve
Bkdkti up «tong fhB w^ ki the
hero botttes across the scrolling
larKteCBfw, and 1her«'s a shop a\
thaand of eveiy leval whera tr«as-
ura can ba axchangad ibr usafui
itefrts.

Altbough W9r^}af Is devoid of
Oflgtrialrty, it's surpcisingly play-
able and keeps ycxi feeling for
loose change.

WARDNER

Platform addicts 9n aur« to like
Taito's Mtednor, a Ohosts n'
Goblins ckme.

The haro arid Ns g4rHnefKl are
out for a ttDl whan afof a atjdden ,
Qvii Waidnar appears and ap^itK
avtay the hero's batrcrUied.
Angushed and ^enarally peeived.
iha h«ro daddes to aet aboui
rescuing his kklnapped tov&r.
However, tha road to Wardner'$

Kcegt a lift frcNi* n strartger . .

WELCOME OAVE.. I'VE HEfiRED
A RUMOR OF VOU, THE SHOP
SHALL CLOSE IN JUST ONE
MINUTE. SHOP WISELV,

^ fhfrharDCMtMiif^biCh^MtsrGfwr

SONIC BOOM

Otm of the ^mpf&f SEGA products
to appear at the ATEt \^6S Sonic
Poom, a vankally acrDMi^ si^oot
'em up aal ovar (MXitempofary
landscapes.

Taking cor^rol of a ^ fighler. the
obfective is to fiy into enemy terrri-
ory and desif oy a set target, slan-
irtg wrtfi a larg« and heavrty
defended aircraft earner.

The ^el's anrKiury comprises o1
rapid-fire guns and a corniplerTient
ol three smart bombs (detonatKwi
oJ which is^ possibly the highlighl
of the w^K3le gairia).

The opposition's hardwarecon-
slsts of n>otHle tanks, static gun
emplacanwnta and waves upori
vvaves of ag^raeslve a^craft. The
resulting t^l of f>re )$ rather
dfflicijh to evade and destriiction
of iha Jet signals the raoppeorance
of aartor soraans wntdi are
nHoUated once mora.

Seoondary armiiment is obtain^
able on contaci with red ar»d whrte
parachutes which occasionaHy

34 CRASH May 1988

appear on destruction of enetrrry
craft- A smail fighter becomes 'at-
tached' to the player's |et and
thereafter ads as a second gun.
Swanl fighters cbd be collected
to enwKto a srnall focmatjon which
fire in unison,

Loss of ships is relliant upon Itie
precision of enamy fire: secondary
Ships may be picked off one by
one, and a direct M on the iel itself
destroys th>e who^e foirnatiofii,

Sonic Boom's graphics are sur-
prising^ bland for such a recent
oama, with unmteresiDng pasted
iandscapra arNl fairly standard
spritas. Only the aei i^gets have
any resJ appeal, but the pteyer
doesn't realty have that m.iich time
to admire tt>a scenery while urKJier
thie eoprmoMS amount of enemy
fiakr

The game plays very much like
Ffyrng Sha/h, and wtirie offering
some pretty fiBClic shoot 'em up
action, doesn't offer anylhir»g Ifiat
hasn't akeady bash saen.

P- Lsvit on« ffl SEGA'i difncult and rtttwr btand ifiDot 'em up

Boom

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Ut'ft •!)* I a at hi

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XYBOTS

Atari's Xytots is v«ry much tike a
3D Bsz0fk-ciim-GBuntiet clon«.

On« or two play«f:& take cocnrcrf
of Muor Rock Hartty and Captain
Ace Gon and btatt their way
thftHjgh a safles of 30 ma^e^,
pictdng up extra w&apcfvs and
goodies as they ga. The action is
displayed ltsidq sptrt scr«er^> with
a status pane) above ^ch. Both

vidwpOJnt, so that players may
took all around them, This is a very
ufttfii toaiure, sirK:<& robots tend
to leap <oul If ooi sKle passages!

Com a» plekad up aloog the
w«y. wd tihtien the heroes exit
hom the rnaze by firxJing the
elevator down to the next level,
extra iwaepo(» and Ciraiurea can
be bought, InducUng extra shot
povvef, OKtra shields, maze iviap,
slow oivgy *aln .-,-■* -'■ ■■ \^p

OccBsionelty tt ic«

ncri.

4yi*t>lK

1 I Ul l>] I

I I VI I

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INSEBT
COIN

# H(»UI I (I I MS ^.

«Hi lA*!! OIlHf'

^ Player am irrtYn at the supply omrtrt

ptayer^ run clown the cOfTHJors.
btastina any Xytioi fobois who
dare gliow their metal faces, and
dodgmg shota from the more
agar9S9ive droids.

The Gorlrol rneltrod « qurte
unusual; as '*te\\ as the back, forth
and side-lo-s4da movemefils, the
)oysticK is ahso twisted to spin the

ROCK

9QU'<-'Ji:

the gkartt mtftar XytMt in a oof
on -one duel. FaBurs to beat hirr
means the end oi ttte game, white
victory ensures proor^sJon

Xybc^ provides plenty of chal-
lenge am fun, espadaily in two
player rnode. artd the garrwplay is
diflerer^l enough to l^eep you pHIng
IP the ten pences. Loot; out f ex it.

flCE

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LCWEL 1

O CRE&ITS

INSEBT

MtlBT CIICH I

THUNDER BLADE

S€GiA. b*g nmr>tt ootrvop man-
uf aCturers who^e previous games
include Space Hamsf. Ahon Syn-
droms^ Out flun, Hanj^-Or? and
Afti^ Burner used ttw show aa a
ptatlorm to launch their latest
vkieo, Thunder Sttde, a hehoopter
shoot 'em up- There ate two ver-
siortK ol the machine: one which is
sat upon and ap^ns as the pi^yer
flies ihe chiopper. and anottwr
which fits inside a stand-up Aftsr-
biirrwcabtnet,

The pisyer taJt^ control of the
Thunder Blade and flies a mission
through a series of incfMSlrigty
hazardo^is landscapes. The act ion
starts at»ve a v^^rticatly scroUiog
crty.^ ortd Thunder Blade fl^
above the tall building, which
scroll past sn convmcing parallax
fashion. Ttw chopper is capabte of

m

tlyinq in" and out' ol the screen,
which eflecDvely incren« and
decreases ttie range of Hi gurts.

AJter ihts stage thie viewpoini
changes to '^/TertM'ner'Styte' 3D
as \hB helk:opter flies low through
ttie city - which loohs thoroughly
cofTwrrang.

Th6 action osntinues with OttOT'^
nate parallax scrolling end frst*
person 30 viewpoints as the mis-
sion progr^sea from the city over
a sea, through a desert canyon,
into a System of caves and across
a forest.

The graphics are o(f a very Ngh
Space Haftiar staraterd, and
there's art sxoeHent loundtradf,
but although niundiaraUii is out-
standing to look at and to listan to ,
rt's piayabtlny iS severely lacktr>g
The control rrtethod ^s awtul and

Thundef Biaae turn ttrUt^l ^ivroller as the choftp^ flies Uiraugh c^anyong
- reacts

^ nuTiii«derSlBdepli8nif!«ti1i>tir1]) ifliAsapdtvviiltd m«tal

irying to control the sil-down ver-
sion wtth <ts three-foot lorig joys-
tick is a cornpiete arfd utier fcke;
Iho response )S unbelievat>ty slug-
gish, actd as tt^e gamep^ay ts ver^.
very ur>excitingi, it only taKes a
coupio of goes for b<yedom lo set
irt It's such a shame to see such
boiliarrl graphics and sound tHing
used to dress up a turkey Flt^e this.

II w. ned yo-u* ,ippci>i)

for Ml on Ihc Lite I

.jfLMu- ,ii; i.ijn. pfcpAie to bi'
Im.-.l i w. ' liyaFREE l6'P<t^C|<>
',ui- in r»c*l monllVv

ClU. _ ■ ►<?(* wilh riieiT-. 1nv

,*nc( tn** iQwdowri on
nwi*. BIG .itCfide n .,
you'd bft m««i iomi«9 ii'

CRASH May 1988 35

SPRING SURPRISES

e oHnpi a io ni «tuil. md navir
rnat Id Wm in Ihe Sprta. $eA-
Nat* houMi llnil)r raMiM tin moii: of tet
m't QanM hAM eoflw lalte and d iNt
HHpin ft Ml price torn, lo tt«y MM to
Hnfc ■ < . 'Wtff noi n^fcs i tew mott i^ild
out cl a induel by pt«tiri9 ti ttA ofticoTir
plinan?' t fVQuvn ns Riore praoranvninQ
•ftort, into fR «id has t tang mapvi on

cBtMfPdiitopiyoWBupnm w n m w-
arthar wKh i lump «jir, orfig*|iilUH ft ptr>
M n t i i pK^ oftch unit asidt ~ iwd otgrtw
Dii iKiccwnnQ, wnon, ipwi n ponm ip
oontpliUdnty it tiDi^iiMdinQ tf ifa bBil oj
IkfHK. Ihsi flnily IhM's tSi ftttne to
comi up with. Ma( ntcttiany ■> Ihil onlar
though - mnmlHr nw UagttScam 7
hitiidi l8 iMlibto kt» if you ftteOtJttti
CRASH ths mue} «Mt aigN 0vn«(

Are twae 3«t (IvnM, M «Mh Gnrin.
or Ai-Sun. n in Dw Edoe's ass? Or
oHh^u ttm'ri ]uA a Top Cohction Irorn
Bto OF ooijtd ny bt from an wcKle, m
wtth tMtfi US Ooni nimtm this montfi.
Wtotow you crt thtMhatogy ol iRiizing

mi tJma\fimCtiMtMm^m '" ' fli hm^'i ffc, j. .^u_

MXiUii ipiirTiipU' (pnn cDnvx MCfr injni
Top T«n SoftwBi lovndi Nwoiting) d'l
bound U) flppMl td Ihe Bvwigfi straet
bUyW. Al tttli (prtea. tor |u«t X ITMult!
of pQundi. N uundift too good to EH Hue;
Ba iMmtd ihougti fflett of the time K 4 -
«^)ecitfy iMh diHp cofflplWtora, TtitB I
good tow It e« WBons ofiht o»Tm ihat
you'rt ganing ^ ii iNd MviMlonM'KmMi
or iK-ff^ you buying <h* bNt wvon 01
Undim flrauKr? Then'tgia a -f vonun
of UnsiUrtI An ifOW D<*ifi lof f compfln-
duRol piji Wwiw Pi fqy Sinwft Hte
IfORi Hcumoi^ Of soniiiaoqni gwiii tiB in
OOMn't H^ A^ T?te Chairporiflff Or
p«rtH|» wpi a mutLme, At Tbt Edgt'i
|»iflrofl«nn|^AF>Stos{liTim tho lotf y«ar
dd' fiw' fltodbit to tht fom-mofitfi-'Oid
MM» CUin^') Be tmiiti, and dorr't be
ttitlly oomraad by wluninoui pAoiui^
- it toohi rk», but on be a ml pain to
atofe.

ELITE HIT HUD

Bto, who nave Man f ststtwy qgiei on Hw
gama lioni ihit year, ounaitHy hive uto
opnpanona in ini maraai ptKQ iiiqer vve
MPaklibaL Tcp r iw Co UK t uon )ia> been
out tor i whie new, bm it'i aH wcrn a
ffltniion — If only tor the choooMft box Dun
ttiB iQUf caaaeoaa ooma n. Orty a pound a
game doaant notm iie bid value tar
tnoney. After al you cart play an your (wy)
old inajrflai Iht Aiwsiria OWSHStTtaah)
and both Ihe SalJoMirgsnias. tTtaaRraC'
ttve Ottailltan la riaoin there atodjpide
TTHnaf». liAiCh Is gnphictfh' «iV'Besn«
alltgtlM iKk} wy conJp(^bwa garnapliy.
tf fMf» noi widigh of Siii svfi»i^
can wo gat HiiiTia^ofthe^'natUraaaa
they biinQ out 'sona more 0^"^ tOOn
they'll be hard pushed! to proouoe 1 bJti
valui^ AnywaY Ihia rnonlh'a ai^ ^
torn eia incluM aeme real oiasalct - Sfwi
aome real dangers. Let's get The Umg
iaorfgAtt out flf te «iy Sm - B Rgurad as
oneo f Ihe worst W[n^f'|987. On ftm
good aide ihara'ilha wnandoualy play'

■tao ga(t bottt ol (he f^twoc's U^gvnea ~
atfniigh factiwfrrom Snge's Casfte^i ttie
only one woith bothenng wHh Fruity, we
hM EndUb Aacar- one of the best race
gamat 011967.

aia mfix Ihe oi^ onet om wiih ton
g«ne» lor a tenner QmnfndfffNciare

3e CRASH May t98d

QfrentV pushing Ihe aaomt 'w\ ihair JO
iSraaf dami liMa. An:ada advemueit

lAMV (voted Beat AnadeAdvMure i%7
by CRASH readers) Thing Bounces Btd
(tMote evert appesing on me Speotrurn -
only the aaquM wet laieaeed) and Jtefc The
NJ9Mrl hOaeoniM CSiper^ fa CRASH
■naih bask in law*4e)k Cartoon lansoanl:
oofflfjWnM theinduatonoranf JTwGwif
Mbiai ClalKlfwor (wn at Mnlif Qeat am
ijp tone 811 alio pampered with ftaun Wi^
HI mi Sujufm Tnkfgf. Th(t[, Sntfy, *m
hftie the now obiulory 'previouaiy urv^
laMid gm»'. \tlh» Oua loo gboct to
fiiaaae on ta own? Or « n fuat not woiih
bother mg with r

CHAMPIONSHIP
SPniHT

Ooean'sprood bo»t (Ms. montt) is. ihai 144
Art ^ Charnp«/» jwell they 4d gavtyotf
ewarU tar Seal SothHsre House ?9Br, so
<Mai do mti expactl). f m a M oonfuMd.
though. If Ocean ere tie ohampkra then
how come they only praduced ana (ind
that under theur Jmigiie Mia^ ol the tm
gemet ort thev oai^3ilBt»ri of itie same
narne . But dont say anything or youl
probitiiy gat beaten ii^.iudgrg tw the conr
tents of IflftArv nwCTMTfwni. The labul-
ous fkrMgadk huhose sequel, nawf
HxmoKtt, iitennwd ataanhera «tm
■au ^appM W atongaiEla VTMiliars the
near venrion, elach wa wtiaahed ai tw
Qiq^Tia^ lisia^ andttwconliwniaf Upt'
barian ftm fJBntgKlt, probatjly. also
undenaieQ. M Viaf a not whov^ beat 'am
i/fi vnlenoe tor you thaia'sitsD fimfsim.
an arcada tm^ that. Ike its compianKm
Stf)ar Spmt, wM aifpn«ngly wel. It may
werage a( two potnta i game, but aS ileaet
lie can air retTwnber whet Ihev're all about*
You nney haw leert the ORASIHI 3m^.
iSauiMf. bundled tfi a limited Edihw with

GwM f lor £9 99. But don'i «d^ thet
rs riao SMlMte on US (kif; Artaoto
Fffe» FomoiMtaieiii, atongsde two othv
Atart coifHBp eamera ow , jUaarf fltinngr
add Ixiant Jones Afid The Tempb Of
Doom. Youl also get ftemco's JU^eiicroe
tor the £Sl9S atnie pnoe. An Ihe gamai
hneiMialmpeal but theganta» an genar-
aly ort he bonng and tepeoHM ade.

Agen on ffte smde tft-n Iront. anrr also
from US (kM ooinea Cbca Gatf 's AtaiM
AJ%- Although^ enl quite as imptes-
sAw. Only l^nfhfu Ute». wUh 58%.
gtinad over hrf I oaittify In CflASH n
tr«l(» jou won^ if ally Date East convv-
aiona fM work on itia Spectrom.

Cne good thing about t con^wny pr^
duoru many gunea lOr the Spsdnjtn is
thai wart It comes 10 cornpitoion irna (it
hitt al of us evfttualy. the INu^ of
sotnaito taraaiiQet ngitaiiq tt too good to
be tru^ thM hBM a lelds ernice oi prod-
ucts. SoAak HeniaiiDfial «« one auch
cvnpany. Now. with almost nwra iabeh
than Dabenhams, they've ehoaan to
uteawftairnammiogjleniialeciion under
the bennar of the £dge. Thar iHt ^nvila-
«Qn was auppoaedhr a CoSedtn' EMon
out ihH one shoUd appeal to Soft* tina
even niore - you can afenoit track ^ttaol
the Spedrum witti n Fiom «9y back in '^
come Psj^axxtni SiarW» 1W5 bra>gs
us such memorable 9ktm» is etier
8kiaMxemaTf)Mi7}vS(irn.\9B6wiBi
very good year if I rsmamber amecUy - we
had Mtpy SBartv {which would ati do
iramendoiii^ wil nowadays) and
Mi«ih^one. a cnKlibia aAanture. And wto
ooiid forget ill? wHi swh tMlgfts n
tiaida OkifngandJCaculor. they're al hart
-good and bad. Did and new - and for oniv
£8.99 It's got to be worth It*

NOW WHAT?

lArgin Gamas's Alow GaiTW series antart

te fWh epieodi next month. Mw GMias 5
also conliine a goodmlt d gemee, old and
new. The ageing kHm^ionaltttni^^i
NOT the version m ten 4^ lOins the Utes
of tie wNoiB 5aM MmIk, UviM Kar
Trar^and f^oMMKn fortvMewhoraquie
more stimulation than MatfMg the heads
off i couple ol liquor-swibu ptfiiistien try
Mtetarir and /Mel -- bovi era lu^vt^

I Spy wilh my ttle eye three great games
from Mabyte Y«, the people that
broufl^ you the CRASH Sirmti, $py Vs
SfV.vaii* Island C^per tme finaly
dac«)ed 10 rstease the third game in the
saries. AtirAfllicSb n a special 5|e^1i% jjc^
Tjifciay peck. Al lans of the MAD magime
ohertctani (houkf invnedMsly pnxsed 10
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ADVENTURE
TRAIL

Due topoputair demand and a sudden InQuK of caS'

letirs, fiome-gFowti s^ofiwarc Is back. This monih's
offerings iiv ere pan kuiarly Irnpresslve-ifyou Ihink
youcAn rnaichthelritiandard don't himitate to fend
iji your own. T prarnlM*ia look «i Ihcni alE,thoujih t
crAJi'tgUAJ-dnieva rcviuw. A« long 2^ yDU cndosf the
relevant postage and packing, however, I'll make
iure the^re returned . . .

MONSTER

Author: David Ha^ggariy

ProfejAor Pointer, onginai^ir
of ihc ti(«c pate theory, k
spumed and ndiculed hy hts
kivmed colk^yues. Undaunted,
he irons! ruds ine machiiw tm hi*
uwn and in une la!^l dilch attempt
lo mve hts repuEalion. act J vales
the final swiid). There h a
Minding n;i%h and the piolc^isoT
finds himscli in ihe middle of a
Monc ctfde in the unf^miliiir

tcrrilory of niv;li .ind legend.
Triumph c|uii:kh (^ivcs way to
terror a» he diM;ovcT% the
mitchini: didn't travel through
time with him I'ind htj rcpuiuitnn
is never goin^ lo litr maJe unless
he finds a way back.

Wandering through the
kndsdl>e m swamps, desert,
caves and citadels he comes
across a series of characters -
mostly friendly - who gladly give
adviiie when asked for help.
Cicrrdo Gicalbcltv. rcnowried
propnetor of the Dtindng. O^re
inn. i* the most comprehensive
souiec of ftee advice although
others, for example Boot tne

[{igigling elfin alchemist, can give
more spi'ciiiUsed help. Contact
wiih the friendly but imtiatly
ptiwcriess wizard of Tudaw *ho
gives the professor m series of
tasks to complete . is vital. He
expl4iin^ (hat the ruling class is
iroubled; the pnnceNi 0)ga hws
dJ!>4pf»cHred and King Gruff has
lost niSh wfl. Ptince Cirott The
professor's task, quite dimply, in
to restore order and return
enoush power to the wizard to
^■ni.t nim home.

An unu»ial and very enjoyable
clement is the close interaction
of text :ind ^raphii:::^ Every
location ha^ ilf> own colourful and
detailed diusilraiion and ^how^
docr\ openings io<ki moving and
people leuving a& you type in the
corrciipotiding command

EKccution of 3 magic spelJ causes
the backgruuEid to flavh in aqtiick
succession of riJinN)^ colours.

In l<xratioii:» where no dcRnitc
csiUs arc gii'cn. the im^ge of a
distant citadel or temple urges
the professor lo pcrxverc. On
one ootahle occasion a very
iinportatit object is dejpicteu
paphic^llv hut not described in
the tent. As It was the onlv such
iiY.stanCG« t spent a lot o{ time
tryinjt to \ist other clearly viiihlc
Items in vain. Neverthelc&% it'«
one eitample of ho* graphics can
iind do enhance the value of the
icxr

Tfic paaith vary frum the
St raigh I forward to the downright
dL-vJous. None arc in<<i>liible; the
jTnmc tv CKireTnely welt crafted
nd full of dues if ynit take the
irouhlc to look and. more
impoTiantly, ask Interaction
with ihopkcepers. thcuhu|mUHL\
Gtiitdo and the ariMttcracy of (he

^ Of mack and niMiflJItht: a Ktoftftrr of ■ talr

enchanted land is eucnlial,

Succcvs depencb on a very
realistic mix of honesty and
deception; exce»ive greed for
ttc»«sre meets with ii<> just
rewanb. although a little trickery
in the Dancing Ogre won't go
iimi».

Sudden death, indicated by a
humorous and colourful endA^f-
game screen, is a pervasive . if not
conatani. pouibility In most
cases ample warning h given,
till ho ugh on one or two oixasions
working out the precise wording
to get out of a situation needs
more tuma than the program
allows,

l-ottunatciy there 1%. a
RA MSA VE option, an excellent
temedy for unexpected death
and e*peci«Hy useful for finding a
trial and error path through
treacherous swamps and aloni
prcciiriotK rtdfes. The PAWe
pAtscr accepts complex
^niencct and commands uitng
rr and EXCEPT, There are a
couple of idiosyncraci** but the
location text generally gives
enough clues to the nece-ssary
wordme of an action. The
VOC'AB cornmand acts as an
extension of the intsy c«rd and
calls up a Um of Hi'mt of iKc
pns-sihle commands. One of the
most useful ahhreviations h X.
for EXAMINE. It's surprising
thai hardly anyone else seems 10
have thought of It.

htanster is living proof that the
be^ gamei. don't necessarily
come from the hig itoftwairc
houiscH it has more depth than
the average full price (iffciing
and deserves to do exircmcly
well. Along with Star Rf porter, 9

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hi.»Tius 4HK advent UTi; « iih sftund
cHccis. Momter is avitiialilc for
£3.9Q {including postage and
packaging) from: iiaggisiiifi, 3D
Sherwftod ffiw^/, Huriford.

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S4%

CLOUD 99

MarlinCaine^, £2.95
Author: Linda Wright

I\\ EhcnudUlcallhcmghlHnd
,► str;ingc light is cumitig
I h rough ihe window; a
[ny>lcrioui^ voice is caUiug your
name, 0(K of the ■wniiiimi
■dveniufe* suhutbia has evrr
etlwuniertMl is ittinul to begin.
Jack FtiKi ha\ bct^n mcs^iing up
the weather atwi you've got ko pul
evervlhing right before davyn.

Liindn Wnghl's la lest
adventure ftwa have been
puUished by Ificcnlfvc alrc^cty^
comes in two versions The 4R"k

smouRl to ihc hght-heancd
atmosphicre conjured up by
desicriptions. Still, wiih opening
doorv Lind running walcr. they're
an jiJdcd bonu&-

Ttii: haViK Jack hDscrealeU in
ihe weather halls is rather hkelhe
disorder in your own )K»me. A
Ike is me! tin ^ the ice hall .the rsin
dispenser h blocked up und iHe
rhuniler machines have lost their
tirumiiick!*. IniiMlly ihc player
ha!i limited re»)urci;s; judicious
ititeraction with some of the city's
characters, who respond in
various v^ys to pkais far help,
are necessary. In most cases
they'll help yt^u if you help ihcm ;
il's just a matter of workinp out

/•

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THE JHHHH

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>KtCtk THE CAT»r

^ A tHtc of iJic hiime I'tinLfDrki befurt tlir f riKl bitcf

adventure h text only while Ihc
l2itK verwon has graphics, rnon;
detailed location dtiiCDptionii
and one or two extra commands

iim weather quest begins in
the comparative comfort of your
own home. Like all the best
hornet. h'$ in a terrible ine», and
the text do£-!i iti best til bring yoti
all the gorv detads: there's 'junk
littering your desk and covering
the floor', and as vfwi stumble
inio the kttchcn, rubbing the
sleep fram vour eyes, you notice
'crockery tntit'» pdcd in the sink
and on the units, as well as the
sticky fing<;r mijrk> which cover
the cupboard and taps'. Further
exploration kadsi vou to ihe
weather city of Ooud 9^ (it's
outside your front door, of
course), with thiee levels of
Mbotaged v^caihcr halh and all
ihe trapping!! (includirif^ theatre
and tourist office) of a wealthy
touniit town.

The l28Kverwon has different
eraphics for every h^cation from
hen house to art gaJicry, theatre
to h^itn The imali clearly
defined picture^, wliich take up
abcHJl a quarter of the vcrcen,
don' I (.-yntribute 4 tremendi^us.

40 CRASH May 1988

using Gdsolt's /MVV, acctpt!>
fairly long. ciJniplcx sentences, Ei
may take a little lime todiiscover
ihc necessary wording m carry
out a particular action but usually
there a» ttrong hints in the
descriptive text. Additional
cominanck include RAMS AVE
and SAVE and. in the 128K
vencitMi only, HELP and
PAUSE. The tatter stops the
game temporarily should you
want lo make a cup of tea or get
on with sonM:Uung etse.

whai an Anicricaa tourist, a
crestfallen ;ingel. or an anxtous
h;ikcr want most in the world.

The pujsJes are light-hearted
jiid loj^ie^ah common u^n^
generally provider the answer,
although in one or (wo ca^Ch
M»me extra lateral thinking may
be required. Linguistic Jokes
should not be oveiVooked. Only
some solutionii arc

intcrdependenL. with the
advantage that getting &tuck on
one area of the game doesn't
nece!»ahly bring progress to »
complete and grinding hall. As
you restore order in each of the
halh a congTJiulainry mc^i^age
flashes up to coinmemorate your
stic<:e!s&; it's very »l'Utl^fying to get
a pal on the back early on in the
gwrite.

All these uscr^friendly
features make Cioud 99 sti ideal
adventure fOf beginners,
a [though experienced

adventurers shouldn't be put off.
Some of the problems require
alert, logical thinking and the
time limit (the clock licks awiiy
even hotwren turn**) gives the
ehal^ :1 CNlracdge,

liji ,, i , which vtai, wriiien

Ciomi W IS another example
itt the high quality home-grown
«iftware that can be pioduccd
using a facility hke the FAW. It's
not one of the toughest
adventures around but the
humorous (one and the ingenuity
of ibe pii//le!i make it one of ihe
inore cniuyablc 10 play. At £2,VS
for both venkms, ywi oin'l lose.
Marlin Games can be contacted
at: /? Brmr Close. Naibea.
Bnsu>i fiSi9 iQG.
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COUNTDOWN
TO DOOM

Topulogfka, £9.95 diskanlf

T<'}>ologifcat tile

Peierborou^ software
hnusc. pride* ilJiclf on
prixlacirig British adventure
gamc». Countdown ro Doom, a
tcKi-only adventure which was
first released by Aoomsoft, could
hardly be set further away from
the land of Stilton and budding
Bfiii^h businesses

Travelling through Sipace on s
routine mission you're in orbit
ri.rnund the long-deserted plane l
■I Doom, blissfully unaware of
i[s eflicicni automatic defence
>> s\x 111 Moments later your craft
crashlands on (he inho^pitable
pknel iiurface. Shaken, but
otherwise unhurt, you examine
the wreckage and realise that
unlcsA you can locate the
ncccsitary parts, collecting ns
much bonus treasure as vou can
in the proccs.?, ytmr sfiip wil!
corrode away in a mere 4(w time
unjif.

At close quarters (he planet
looks even mofc forbidding than
it did from the «ky. Its hostile
terrain is characterised by
extreme changes of climate;
murky swamps border leafy
jungles, niotintain paths lead up
to icy glaciers and down into the
CKhaus.tmg heat of a sandy,
disorientoiing desert. Tlvc
location!! are extensive,
almosphencally described and,
for the most part, extiremely
haxvdotu. Striding boldly into
the unknown is likely to lead to
an early death at the hands of the
planet's exotic Cfeaturet. Slugs,
allodtlc^, clectrJcaUy charged
bEobii, hungry mctaiermites and
rampaging decapods would be
tasy to avoid if only you knew

where they lived As there's

no R AM SAVE option . saving to
disk is essential.

A large part of the extensive
envtrunment is immediately
acce^ble ^ro success depends
much more on wandering uround
and discovering what you have to
do than performing a series of
specified tasks. Topologika
(kfcfibes ti» difJkulty level as

standard: I would venture to say
III Hi beginners would find some
d( the pnibletns. which aren't
always logical, harder than that
(o solve, Timing is of the essence .
false moveii early on can cnpple

Erogrci» later and imj clues,
awever cryptic, should be
ignored, You may find yourself
succumbing to the on-line help
iyslcm (which is very careful not
to give too much away) more
often than «s*ia I.

The process is made all the
tougher by the ab,scnce of an
EXAMINE command^ most
Topologika games assume that
yoiU take in everything ai iti^t
glance. Tltis is mure rcuu!>tic than
a labcnous search for something
you arc more than capable of
seeing, hut it also means that it's
impd^ssiblc 10 hide clue^ to the
use of a particular object in its
description. In some cases,
notably a itd Which can only be
used onoc, you have to activate
t he object to hnd out what it does ,
then sun again (o miike proper
use of it.

£9.95 buys you a fairly complex
parser which coniprpfiends m(?sl
complex command-^. It is rather
choosy, however, about the
precise input needed to complete
ecnain actions This is one area
m which the hint system could be
more helpful, The wordine of a
hint itself doesn't always
correspond with ihe phrase the

ETOgram will accept. 1 slill
aven'l worked out now to pick
up an object with a fishinH net.
Tne obvious command's GET X
WITH NET and CAT CI [ X
WITH NET have no visible
effect.

Still, these aren't typical
hiccups and the obvious
compiCKity of Couaido\%rt lo
Ditom miikvt\ up (or the
occasional limitations of the
parser. Certainly, if you enjoy
Ihe sort of game' which involves
hours of careful exploration,
Peter Kil worth has added enonigh
puzzles, hidden piifalh and
cftcrypicd conundrumii to make
the long and hazardous journey
more than jusl worthwhile, To
begin the countdown contttcl
Topologika at FREEFOST. PO
Box 19, Stilton. Pete^rbarough,
Camtfndgcstiitc PE73Bti

OVERALL

S5%

ADVENTURE TRAIL

I

THE PAWN

' I have amziscd 2U5 pinniii und
have reached a hah ' writes
SfMON GOOOCHILD from
Hiirkiw in Evscx.

/it kfit Kronos ity itsing the thuo
munuttear de%'ke.

THE HOBBIT

DAVID LLOYD writes to ask:

1 i\aw do yau avoid the pale
bulbK)u<f eyc!^ in the forest?

2 Ho* do you float down the nvcr
in the harri-l wilhout ^cltine
vwcpt iigajniit Ehc portcullis?

/ Move once in the direction fhai
you moved prior to tnetiini' ihf
efts. For instoftcf, tf you ha^ just
moved ivevr vifhen the eyes
appeartd, then move *fst again.
Wutt Oto turns and more twkr tn
ihf mmf direcnan. There are
iiiktr ways nf coping with (hu but
this soiution ihouidwork.
2 Get off the harrei tvhm you
reach the l^ng tjfke.

THE HELM

TONY GRIST ik learins h\\ hair
out again in hi<ioltc[npi.> to enter
the fortress '" n heaves id
premature I

Droft the Stones <m ibit n ver bank
to form stepping sfonei north.
Find the ipecuictef to burn the
hoyataik and use the needle found
there (where eist?) lopick tiie
lock.

THE BIG
SLEAZE

Yet m<irc prohlcin.s with this New
York Ltdvcnturt: arc being
cncounlcred by S ENGLISH
who wanl?> TO kfi"w how to open
;hc mediant! cabinet (yoo don*!
need lo) and what to ao with the
Z[K*Wrtu!ihlight,

Use theflasMi^hi m 21st Street to
explore what lifs tiehind the grille.
Don' I forget to take the turnery
mihyou hourtesy of i JONES}.

RIGEL'S
REVENGE

KEV and PETE from RAF St
Eval in OrnwalL PAUL
BUS<:OW from LiveTpooJ and
BARRY SWINSCOn from
Pfymoulh are ju»t some of ihc
niJiny people hopcki^^ly stuck tn
Smartcgg Software's excellent
adventure. Hinls regarding the
most CrequcnUy asked questiotis
follow:

/ In the hotel unite the wire and

ptuh tite IfedlHKf ta find the- gun.

(Always carrv the gun for

protection in Sttburhnt. )

2 To eel out iff the basement fiat

pull the tutrfamiy, then pmh it

hard.

.1 Don't get tow in the desert.

FOLLOW TRACKS from the

location of the hvne.

4 To get ttte screwdriver, climb a
lamp post and continue easf.

5 To avoid fietimg caught at the
porch THROW RUBBLE AT
LIGHT and then keep moving.

Whatever you d&, mm' t get
caught in the net - it's the end of
the game.

NEVER-
ENDING
STORY

ROBTN C HAMBRRS wants to
know what the leather H for and
how to |;et out of part I ,

Use the leather lo carry thf broken
glass from the smashed hox. Gel
Falkor to hdp you crots the desert
and go sotith vhen you reach the
■Sphinx.

NORMAN POWELL from
Hdrrinnion isn't stucJt on
an yi hin g jmcdiic - he jmi wants a
few htnt4i. tor part 2.

i Don't get too close to the

Nolhina and don't go east from

the church unless you're carrying

die Chtvglohe

2 tn tht ruined building

REMOVE PLANKS to reveal

iheslairmiiy.

J Carry the Ghwglob^ when you

go uftderground (oace there you

canntst drop it).

4 CO T WEB when carrying small

knife.

Forgmten to take a rowing
implemem up Ihe creek?
Sefttj your tip^i and queries
on adventures old and new
toSAMARAS
SIGNSTUMPS. CRASH.

PO BOX W, LUDLOW,
SHROPSHIRE SYS IDB,
The most inlerestiits are

published but Tm afraid
that pcfMiit^J r«plic!i aren't
pos£tb!e.

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LOADSA MONEY

PAUL EVANS forgoes the SHADES article (yet
again) to take a stroll round Tetemap's Hotel
Catrfomia

MiOTHEM MONTH, another
exain to worry about It^dt's the
«ray It's goiftg dont^ hare
Group (M«c»oo©t$ pwem
company), have baen wery ex»$y
tfnorovtng Its serves to tt^ rMTibta
mooetn user *> arwa otrt o*
Mwronet Tlia results'' WaH .

Oh dear, oh daar< Hava Tatatn^
in#ter«t8(} Loaosa Money's
tonur«'> W ttiey haw then thay're
certa«^/ hawmg a good go at
ksiog »t* I'm renrnna to Vy&K new
database. HbterCaAi^ynta it'sor«

^rsaiMd 0698 rniffibdrv YQu'we
probably sear^ these numbers m
lh©pap«ra. or even The Sun' they
connect you lo normally tapett
mes^ges from Sexy Sarah and
r«r Wild Ferrets'. t»d>y recorded
chart musnc or chaiines. mending
the now expired rafcabonr. These
fH/nt»rs are leased by Bntish
Telecom and they pay the owner

'. eec^ caN 0< cour^. <or t>oth
I parties to maice a a«:eni profit, the
calls are very expenstve. They cost
38p a mifiuie behMcen Sam and
6pm dunng a wee»(day or 2Sp a
■mtoote ar*y other time, ft doesnl
need much mathematical
tinowiedga to reiAse that you
would need a very fiex^jle bar^k
account to cope wiih that'
raicaPouf was closed alter reports
came m qH teeragers running up
b«s of E5CX) or more* However,
desprte an o< thts. Tetem^ have
fotnad another company. Darnse.
ksopertngvtewT? -'---' -"-■»'-' -n
the 0698 numt

»nfofmal"On oo ut^i^e. > ''^ ia*jT<3
a looti at More* Ca«itom«i.

Hot9i C^ffprma has t>eer>
designed around tsurpnse.
surpnsatahotQi The database has
not been wrmen with computer
buffs VI mmd. but ts mnnt to

i to a Wider audterx^e oi

. At ttie time of wrrtng it
hardly compares w«tn Frosted or
Mtcronet for %U9. but promisas
that rt will expar^ The hoiol is
(Innded mto eight sections. p»us a
recapton area thai provtdea a
guide to whal is new and how to
use the service. At areas are
acceesibta via a hotel eteva^: I'D
take a look at them aN.
REI^JOVOUS; Th» area you
coutd can a dating agency* it's a
daiabose cont a ining names o»
people who want lo meet with
others. You can add v^ • -"^
name to tfie list or lo
others avatlabie. Ai this i>-n^ -. >
qu«a small, i spotted one entry*
CASINO Here's an ama feraHy ou
quZ'Tnastfirs. In reat terms <t
comes nowhere near a real casino:
It's lust a conecton of games that
I can play lor cash pnzea or fun'
SI of the games are QU!Zi»s artd
very hard ones too The rouietta i3
a weeWy set of questions that had
me stumped from the f«st one'
However, ths prizes are quite
generous and this particular one

WM worth E25.

SHOPS, This section has two
shops The newsagents and the
Kays caoHtogue shop. The
newsag^is is a classified ads
section where you can reiad
adverts from other ueers lor
^Yyihing they want to buy. *e» or
say. If you wanl. you can acftj your
own advert which wilt remain tor
three worfeng days ori the system .
Kays ftas a database containing
the detaris of every product they
sefl Vou can search fof an article

cash limit you have or just piows^
and eKamirvo the spectai offers
You can order a catalogue or. it
you spot sortiethmg you Wte,
exerCAe your plastic and buy tf
Kays are otfenng the chance o*
winning a personal stereo with
every first purchase. The flaw (hat
occurs to me ts that >f you already
have a cauriogua. then you can

money ori your tnH
CAFE SOCIETY There's not much
to say about this it's |ust a normal
Micforwi- style chatlirve <or people
with r>othing better (o do It's
simtiar to ancAcha^bul rt also has
a datai^se ot previous me^ages

so your messages are revealed to
.^ watching tt's a bit slow and
bonng - as is the case wnh most
chattnes

CONFERENCE SUITE Th.s rs ju&t
a gateway to Teiefaik. You can
create your own persona but rf you
go and try usmg on your own
account, it won't work See last
month's issue for a review ol
Teietai!. and an update later on
NIGHT POf^TER I was expecting
thts section II s a database «
horoscopes and a prgblem page.
Vou can read the horoscopes or
thie vanoua problems and if you
hiave one, serid your own* Can't
really decide why they caBed (! the
/^f Porter though.
Tw^VEL This was the area thai
impressed me the most It s a
massive collection ol mtormatior^
on 157 countries and an amazing
35.000 hotels The dataibsse gives
informabon on whtai each notef
provKlee and nights to arvt Unm ^t
Vou can. for exarrtpte
there's a Ludlow hott
room conference centre. )u«ury
p^ltTOUSe. 600 rooms all with
colour TV and vtdeo and a iarge
»ee" .nnrt«ei«jf g^ (fug tjasemeHt
liCFt certainly a huge

data&ii^t; it'^t\ could be useful to
non-pr»tel memtiers neecfing to
know about flights at the last
minute

THE CINEMA; H youre looking for
a btt of a giggte. ttien tf^ is your
d^artment it'saweekty-updated
story for you to read At tfie
moment it's James Glood in "Go
Or. Say Never Again" tt you enjoy
ttm sort ot thing. youVe woloorrw
to It!
Ttwfs all the areas currerflty

avaitflble on MotBl dmomta. It's
quite small and reminds me of The

TMMCS) too much. I wouldn't be
surpnsed if the aarrw people wrote

OvenMl . I am very critical of Hofe<
C^onm. A kji ol people n^n
better buHelin boards t.tsing
normal phone lines There is no
way 1 1 could stand up to systems
Vks The Gnome At Haw (01 8Sfl
88941 II could succeed ilihe price
was slashed 10 a London f>umt>Br.
but at 25p a minute. iK x < •<■-!. -icje
isajQike.Whenresaafi M

lo run tfvough il as •.,^,.•.^.f as
poesabte as i did not want to be
charged Ct 00 for every lour
minutes. H could only prtsve useful
for the (ravel section or maybe the
qutf section. Usmg the chatUne
would prove to be far too

Micronet. the average i

ymi vf.i'.pvi jvound that tong on
Ho^ -na. It would cost you

£15 il. .r.-L.M rate* II you weigh up
the pros and cons, you feali-se
Teiamiip have got a real loser
UnleasloedSa Woriey stays on ?4
hours a day'
Hore^ Caisiomta For Viewdata

Systems osgeioos»3.

PRISE

Here's an update on Tei&Tatk,
following the article tast month
Then. I said ttwi the expected

mirtute tor usmg Ine lamtam
gateway. I couKln't be more
wrofig: wtten H opened, the price
sal was th© «iufpfl?rtftgty targe sum
oi3ppf' worksoutal

Ct.BO LJ rOflOt U«fl«

reacted angniy to this, many
delltoeraiing avoiding the service wi
tf>e hope that Micronet might
lower the pnce. i phoned fk^icronel
and revealed this to tfwm. David
nosembaum, their Pf^ man, snid
tie had been unaware ol thts and
would looh into it. He explain«d
that tfie gateway it uses b very
expensive to operate and the
lower prrced Shades only just
mal(ea a proiit This is true, tjut if
the price was iower«J. a lot mofe
people would use the system and
the lost money would easity be
rectfierated'

Oeepite the problenrts just
ntBntioned. friicionet's T&teT^ {'
TELETALKS) has become a
fTiflrveiioos aucoeea for them.

' "ly people have staried using
system for private and open
discussions rariQing from how
nfYuch alcohol they oouk) consume
to the andent Gr ee»( language^ The
private rooms have been used
Quite a lot, as w^i as the tmr lor
open taliis. Some ol ihe personas
creeled are quite remarkable;
Aardvar1(. Cocciuelle. Socrates.
Squggle and HeH are some of the
regutar users. The turmistt names
often provide the funnies! chal on
ttie system. One command I forgot
to nwntior iasi month has been
put to a lot of use. TInis Is EMOTE
By using the EMOTE command
you can cipparently Ijecome more

real' ano crecite things that aieri't
there. Here's an example:

Typwig, EMOTE gets a diir* Irom
the baf ' would pf oduce;
Paul gets a dnnk from ihe bar

U»iw ihn has greet
possitMitimt. From 'Paul beets up
Ihe nearesl Jogihom* to 'Paulptays
Oes O'cormor on ttte tukebOK'. If
any olyou TeteTalK users out there
can Ihinh up a good EMOTE, then
MBX me It on? 199954 12

Also. i\ ran^u of commands
fuive t»en discovered that
perlorm actions similar to what
EMOTE produom.
KISS {Name} produces (You)
kisses (Name) Biowty arKl saxily'
800GIE produce O^ou) boogies
on down!

BOP produces something very
long and complicaied'
BLUSH pioduces |You} Plushes
GRN produces fVou) grins
infectiouslyF
LAUGH produces (You) roars with

POQO produces (You) pogos

yeehf

II you know any commands.
MBXthomtome'

Arvjther hidden secret m
TefeTaiHr's conference centre is
tfMS new anrwxe. Typirig GOTO
QAC tahes you to forum 2, and
area designed for talks by us«s lo
an audwnce It has man^ seats
and a podium tor r

^i-.^r.U JLI«» lluuA >^A

rooms, but I hawit found them
yei' II you have any further
I nformation. ptease MBX fMH

Before i leave this subfoct, a big
Hif lo Jazmifie. who claims lo be a
games reviewer for CRASH! After
a iitiie convefsaiioo. i sliii cooWn'i

AND FINALLY, THE
HARDWARE MAR-
KET!

IF AHY SPECTRUM owners who
use diftoient computers tor
communications afc readirjg,
Dataphone have launched Iheiir
brand new nwdam.

Dataphor>e have kmg been
famous for their t^llliant Ownor?
modem. Now they have laurvched
the Design&i Modem. It's based
on the Osmon ff but has lull BA8T
approval. Among «'» many
features it has an auto answer,
autodial, handles 1203/12OO hatf'
duplex and 300/300. as welt as
viewdata ol cowiie tl your
software does not f>ave auto dial
huiii m, you can dvaH manually by
pressing the override switch.

It fits to any com; "i an

RS2a5orftS423antl way

O'Style connector, (i ctKtiiii) with a
power supply, mains plug and a
ttvee metre telephone cable
There's a power switch mounted
on it (Which I always find usetui)
and si]{ LEDs to show full status

Oalaphofie say Ihe modem will
ret»l 'For less than ClOO' wh^ch.
as we all know. m«arts £99 95 w
simiinr. It looks Hke a very ^lod
deal at the price, espectany with
Ihe auto- dial facility. If you need
sn .approved, low -cost modem,
Ihan iNs is the one to go lor. For
more details, contact Oataphone
Ltd at 22 Mrtc Squats,
Woodstom, Pet^riicfougti. PE2
OJPoi phone (0733) 230240.

CRASH May 1988 43

COMPETiTIOH

^

> = ^ ^ ^

SCUMVILLES'S Kihabitanis, sources of
all tha heroes trcMibles in Imagine's
Smashed Target Renegade are less than
keen to do anyone a favour. Ask them for
directions and they ll givo you a kick in
the teeth Go out ot your way to avenge
the death o1 your brolher and you've
really got your work cut out; skinheads.
Beastie Bov$ lans ^nd manic
molorcyc lists aire just the start ol ore long
round o» Ifoubfe. the only way to gel your
own back is 1o Fisl-f ighi, wr(>stfe. spar and
bO)£ your way to the (inal level and the
uttimate oonirontation with und«rwDfld
toader Mr Big , . .

Of is it? CRASH is giving you a much
less strenuous chance of getting back at
tt»B Scumwilte urban bandiis. JusI design
Itie meanest, nastiest, most maticious.
callous and contempttbie city crook,
equip him with whatever you think a
streetwise scoorwlreil is likely to be
Carrying, slick your icfea on a piece of
paper and send it off to us Remember
thai a city thug i^sn't going lo have too
much mor>ey to buy fancy weapons, so
r>o bazookas or mega blasttng macahine
guns pt^se. You'll be judged on the
basts of your idea< nol the quality ol your
materials, so an ongmal pencil drawing is
just as likeiv to win as m elatxKaie
airbrushed offering wtfich in any case we
can't retufn.

The most excitjF^g, jmaginativo and
resourceful effort will be rewarded with
brand new Spectrum i 3 and a shiny,
gteaming l4-incti portable TV As if that
Isn't enough tmagmc are also throwing m
a copy of Target Refiegadf? as well as
nkie olfiof disk -based games and a
Target Renegacfe T - shirt A singte sec»nd
prize winner receiv;'* ten Otwan/lmagine
■games on cassetti^ (Target Retwgade,
Firefly, Reiyegade. fle*efMe ot Doh,
Rastaf}. Platoon, Corrtbat :^hof)i. Head
over Heels. Matchday II ar\d Wi/batti pttIS
a T- shirt and Itiere are fiva casselte
versions of the sports compilation Wb^b
the Champions await tng furttier runners-
up.

Entnes, on one sheet of paper wit h your
name .-ind arJfjress. sli^tild be ^.f.ni k*.
IMAGINE RIGHT ON TARGET COURP,
CRASH, PC Bom 10, Ludlow,
Shro^hirv SY9 fM and must be
received by June 7 The decision ol the
appointed CRASH fudges »s final ar>d
btnding in all respects.

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The three Ghana compiled irom tne votes o' CRASH readent is tf n'
mosr reaJiSiK citan forgAugingin« popularity o' Spijctrum games -

•■' ihegames that are De>ngplayeol thai get the s^oies, noi the
9dme& thai afGiii the stw>r' '^' '^^k or month

And the voles a»eimpo«" ;) to you lo let iu4 know what you

feel. M> fill in iHc vottng form:;^ wr^cn live on the results pagM and
in FRONTLINE to make youi vac6 heard

II you don't *a' ~RASH , we understand

Useaphotocopy (romihe voting forms

onto a postcard, or the LtAc'k tJ d t>tiat<Hi envekipe. and sertd that 1o
us instead

Aparifrorr f^otfeg ')«fe'sa(vii'ays

thechanceo! .. : -,.-^..,;e.Edehf: ,.. ^iwrtrwrsfrom

all the voting forms recetved - five fo# the HOTUNE, five tor the
AOVENTURE and five for the STRATEGY chart

A lop prize of C40 rtorth of iotiware (youf chcacA. not ours) and a
CRASH T- shirt i^ awarded to lhe first sJip dfawn from the HOTLINE
votes, arxl another C40 of goodtes and a shirt goes (o the
ADVE^mj RE and £20 of Qoodies ar.d a shirt goes to ine STRATEGV

Four runn*f5uptfom each tjallol hot wJHect a CRASH T-shirt and
■'ASH Hiit S»Q«-'i if^c-v? juU.'i. -ntutfif^CRASHHOTLfNtCHAnr.
L HASH ADVENTURE CHART ar>d CftASH STBAtCOV CHART
PQBox to, LiiOkiw, ShfopshinSYS fDB

Read hnl rnorrth'e charl box for a dvacrlption of ttiia inontti'a
Strategy CHart - it's, yet again, practically the same. Either It^a ttw
••me peoiJle voting manry times or ttiere's a diattrwt tack of sli»t>
egir g«mes on the markat

For Colin SrickwDOd etSfmtdon m 5u«*e,r (here's mithing batt9r
in the strategy wofkt Vtmn Lor^s OfMkinight - Hmt wmtttopothla
UmU afong witft Difomdafk '^ ^ovengs amf T?>e Seatineit gritting 10
out of f 0, His £40 woitti of software - Firefly, A TFmtc Mhoaktbebt
ti^ hmtK^ now. The four CBASH 7-thtrt wkmmm thim month arv
PajmooivoiftFttffeklt TyneJIViMrjDouQaiieFarcrhuarsonofOun-
dlM; Wayne Mortedge from tf*e taff city oftlkfston and Sebatiian
Sampson whoSt/mmln fhe Stirr^ town of Wttyfyrt^gt

f^AMt^ Day tl and ExOlon Bttaln swap placea -^ this tiflie the sports
ahnuiiialkMl f^ilna 1h« covertad Number One posHion. ImagtiM's
Renegade stybtemty stays at Numbter Two wtth Oiii Run mowing
rapMJyupltwclwrtaatNyinberRve, New afilries this month
Inctitde In* fHm tle-ln Irom Oeear^, Ptaioor% and Digrtaj Integra-
tior^'s ATF,

Little ol'pte'9 Ofify siie 30V St uart HighJley f^'Om K^yw&rth in Nottki-
ghamatwe MioopM this mc/ttfi's £40 worth ot software. He
ttoesn't mind ivhaf he has, so tong as it r/icJiitleiS Nortf^ttr bf
Gfemttn GrapMca. He also receives a CRASH capand, Ska Utaaa
tournmnarmtip. a CfiASH T-shirt. The lucky sactMHt-ptaeafaara:
SirrxMi Muiedge hailing from Holmer near Hereiotd; Anthony Hsr*-
nah from Mam In ManctmaterjM^tMB^ofii from down kiftomfoftt,
Essex and Dave Martkn wtm Mvaa In Ipmvifich.

Strategy Top 10

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VULCAM

CCS

2(2f

LORDS OF MIDNIGHT

BEYOND

3(3)

ARNHEM

CCS

4(4}

DOOMDARK'SREVENQE BEYOND

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CCS

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PSS

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8 am DRILLER INCENTIVE

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1 2 im OAUNTLET US GOLD

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14 i4 THUNDERCATS EUTE

16 it n DUBBLE BOBBLE HREBIRD

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16 izm PAPERBOY EUTE

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ition ' now thai would b« ■wiKthtne to talk viKMiti K»H«d Untir
Do9d «nt«rt Um Top Ten for th« ftovt tima this nwofith and ^ig«4'«
Revenge, atongi wtth Tne Pnce Of Mao^R, maha iiMpp«ar»iic«« in
the May Advantura Chart.

A rnri-vory-SoQiti$h soifnding Slepher Kasiewkzz from (Sfssgow
ttcttimtth* whntr^ prirt of t40 wor^ ottodwar* fhof fttcms-
ami^mlvmfturmsKn9m}ttiisn}0(netf~^<mo¥/hhtt»cidH^Uty
CAASH hat and T-*hin, H* jrvquaat* TM Ho6£MY and DwaiiEi
amoi>g»t his ctvoicm, but atso vote* for tfiam/ Svnty «om0 mfs-
t0k» sttptwn. Muy rvrmersup^m DavkJ Lane In W»»( Brtdgfoni,
Nottkigham; Andrew Robknaon form thtpopuiar tioikk^ntort at
BaurTwrmMOh; David MarshaB otM^VlitY £{ig$ m dNwNNrand
Kawn >kihrt<tfMi from Qr»nd Natfansi Aint

Adventure Top 20

THE HOBBIT

MELBOURNE HOUSE

STORMBRINQER

MAD.

SPELLBOUND

MAO.

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BEYOND

KNIOHT TYME

MAO.

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LafEL9

THE BOQOIT

CRL

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RAINBIRD

DOOMDARK*S REVENGE BEYOND

10 IfSj KILLED UNTIL DEAD

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P1RAKHA

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GMT THROUGH THE MOST CHALLENGING GAMES * CRASH SHOWS YOU
THE WAY WITH A BONANZA TIPS SPECIAL - PAGES AND PAGES OF TIPS,
CHEATS, POKES AND MAPSI

CRASH Playinfli Tips rias 5««m<KJ more like Dr

nn ;t serious fwolT rjfmostl POKP and Yia^ socTlon!

tnromauc piitfiis waa uoga Mun^^tn. Mejti to

sflaiise was Roti^n Candy, who brought with him a

'new d«sion for tho top of thu pm^ft and a sptash of colour.
Alt t^" * — r>r>^c roytioas w»ra gatting longar and
long I >r^r worV tf you wanted to cheat

Whan Hi r Win (ndjcatad. and -

Bi >tar Bverl She reigned over the tips empire for

almost nine months until leaving for pastures new (that

plAC* rrtii',? tw- r>fi=»ttv full nf ri^^nfili^ H/.<-.ii i-.i^ Ihrtv all vt^Aom

togt

Uoyu stopped CmcK mi& iiu: .not
haflowcrd on©*: at Ncwsfleld huntr
fi ipsten

Suaaaniy a Lumpiai'j zttran^ar lumeu up on uii
who went tiy the name of Nick Roberts (sounds fd
After a few months of wrfting the tips he was confronted
rith the task of organising 16 pages of tips, POKE 'n'
lania. Ar>d the rest - well lei's ittvt make It up as we
go along!

MEKON MILD?

TIPS FOR SOMETfffffG!

Wherwiiw you ait iMcIt and think
youVeflnishAd th« tip* for
auMher month, tommtNng
ai«wy* crops up. Yet you've
QUMMd what I'm biiildlng up
to . . . lips for Ptayarv's new
t>udMt flwna, mtNOn hava
lived ih* tM«t bit* wt of latterv
from Andrew (Noddy) Wardman
from Kal^taf , Nick Gitsham of
BraeknalU Pwtw King at YeovH
and last but not least Simon Miles
dutrofflYaowU.

UietSiaptyxia booi< ni le^aphonc
tx>xto laiaporL Tcktaport to T. Go
lortt and get the red! me^riwrlno
Usetvrfca, TalapDrt lp K. Go n^t
and 9at Vhm hat Uh twice.
T«t8port to J -Go flQtn and aH th«
Amarfcan Expnau card and uaa.
Toiaport to h] 03 left and get ttta
Lobotomy k^t and use Tetspon to

L. Go \9ti and gel the can opener
andQOtoC Go>«ft»idgetthBCBn
of focxj. Use can opener. Talepoit
to Y. Go right andgettf)^ bottisof
Mri»t. Mow Weport to 8. Go right
and get txHtle opener, [Me tHCtle
opener. Te4eport to A, Go right and
get the Ouigfiburgar. Than (etspoit
to W. Pknv go Ian end gel the
Cra^ee Mustard, Use tf^ mueted.
Tgiepon Id F. Qo left and on the
'^kdao player. Tetopon to N. Go
rigiht aild gBt thn Bruca L«q vtdao

Uae the vkteo player- Vou wiH now
nswe a headache. Tetepon to S.
Go right and get tt>e heedache
tidjtot- Useihetat)leL<3olDG>Qo
ntfni and get the Vira(n T SNn.
Tetepon (o 0. So len and gel the
peefcalotMMaesnd use fit makes
sarwel) Rmflytstaport to E. Now
go left IQ rneei ttie Overlofd.

The CRASH reviewer doesn't do
anything (turpnse. turprtaeq

At laat ifa the compMa
sotutlon to Dmit Dare U eerrt In
Ijy Simon Brown of
Portsmouth, Weltdon« &imon,
you win this month's E30 Of
softwiire- Don't forget thet the
competition to prOduCS
working POKE* for ths gSflW
is still open.

LEVEL ONE

UD.D.L.LL, L.U.R.U.U.LL,
D, L, D, shoot computer, R, R. 0.
D, shorn stipenreeri, U, fl, R. R,
R. D. shooi supertreeri, D^ atxwt
supertreens, D. R, pick up e?(tra
energy, L. D. wail for coisherto
crush two times, do*n wilo
crusher, 1^ shotji supertroan, D,
L, D, shoot aupenrean. D. L. L. L,
U. R. U, U, L. L, D. R. shoot blast
doors, go in. wait for them to
dose, level one comp^e.

LEVEL TWO

R, R, D, t, 0. D. L, 8hOOl
computer and aupertreoi. D.
lose a life, get antra fire pffwer, D,
D. 0,0. shoot supartraen, U L L.
shoot supertrsens, R. R, R, U. U,
R, D, D. shoot supertraen. D, L,
shoot 5upertfaeris. R. U, U, R, D.
0, R, get radio behind door, U.
shoot aupertTBfln. D, L L. U. U.

U, U. R, D. R. D, R. g« tMhind
blast dbora, lave* two iMmpleta

LEVEL THREE

R, U, U. U. R, R, 0, ahoot
computer, y. L L U. U replenish
anaigy, R, U, R. through fake
blast doofS, R, U, U. L, shoot
eupartrean. R. D, D. L, through
fake tJlast doors, L, D, 1.
raptonlsh energy, R, D, D, L.
^loot supertreen. D, L. U, U D. L.
shoot supertraens. U, L, L, shoot
supertraen, R, U, collect screen
behind door, D. R. R, D, D. U, R.
U, H. R, R, get bahind WMt
doora, level three compieteH

LEVEL FOUR

R. R. R, R, U, R, get extra anargy,
UU,U, R,R, U. R, D.R, U.U,U
U, shoot compuief and
supertraen. H. D, D, D. L. shoot
supertr&an. U* U, shoot
5upe«1reen, 0, t, L, shoot
sijpartreefl, R, D, D, U U D, U
shoot sutpanreen, R, D, 0, D, O,
shoot supartraeri, D, D, L. shoot
WJpertreen, R. U, U. U, U, U 1, 0,
L, get treen dlsgu^, R, H, D,
shoot supenreens, U, U , R , U , U ,
U,R, R.U,U.R.D,R.U,R,R,R,
R. R, R. U. R, R, get in escape
pod. wait for timer to reach zam.
level four artd game completel

NORTHSTAR

If s the Tefal Men again w^ an InftnHa Uvea rouUr»e for Gmmlln's
mHtriatar.

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10 PAPER 0:BORDERO:INKO.CLS
20 LOAD'* "CODE
30 FOR F-= 65446 TO 65455
40 READ A:POKE F. A:NEXT F
50 RANDOMIZE USR 65426
60 DATA 62, 36, 50. 243. 188
70 DATA 195, 191J&3

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THE ALTERNATIVE TOP TEN

Straight tn at NUMflCa 10 Is th« routin* for . . .

MASXU

10 LETT==0:LETW=1

20 FOR F =23306 TO 23379

30 READA;POKEF^

40 LETT=T+W*A:LETW=W+1

50 NEXTF

60 IF T0271 385 THEN PRINT -ERROR
IN DATA":STOP

70 RANDOMIZE USR 23306

100 DATA2ai,33,0. 0.17,17.0,175
1 1 DATA 55. 205, 66. 5, 221 . 33, 203
120 DATA 92, 17.213. 0, 62, 25&, 55
130 DATA 205, 66, 5, 33. 44, 91 . 34
140 DATA 13. 93, 195, 232, 92. 33. 53
150 0ATA91,34, 38.228. 195. 99
160 DATA 21 5, 33. 35, 91 . 34, 239
170 DATA 186, 175, 50. 77. 167, 50
180 DATA 79. 167, 50, 114, 168, 50
190 DATA 144, 175. 33. 0, 0, 34. 88
200 DATA 162. 34, 13, 177, 195,
210 DATA 148

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CLEAR 65535

FOR F =65200 TO 65?20

READ A:POKE F,A

NEXTF

LOAD" "CODE

POKE 65072, 176

POKE 65073, 254
45 RANDOMIZE USR 58112
50 DATA 33. 0, 0. 34, 18. 137. 34

DATA 20. 137. 62, 24. 50. 226

DATA 175, 175,50,84,136
DATA 105, 0,132

10
15
20
25
30
35
40

60
70
80

»to Ktt««to up tfW. .irMt bK»uu this of«'. ttUl m NUMBER 6.

STREET NASSU

10 CLEAR 65535

20 LETT=0:LeTW=0

25 FOR F = 64000 TO 6401 5

30 REA0A:POKEF,A

40 LETT=T+W'A:LETW=W+1

50 NEXTF ^„^„

60 IF TO18004 THEN PRINT" ERROR

IN DATA":STOP
70 DATA62. 201. 50. 52,242, 205
80 DATA 3, 242, 62, 36, 50. 253
90 DATA143. 195.152, 164
100 LOAD" "CODE
110 RANDOMIZE USR 64000

Moving up two placM at NUMBEfi StTt,

JiTBKESIMUUTOFl

FREDDY HARDEST (PART 1)

10 CLEAR 45000

20 LETT=0:LETW=0

30 FOR F^ 32766 TO 32919

40 READA:POKEF,A

50 LETT^T+W A:LETW=W+1

60 NEXTF

70 IF To 1360867 THEN

PRINT" ERROR IN DATA":STOP

60 LOAD" "CODE

90 RANDOMIZE USR 32768
100 DATA221, 33. 134, 128.217.6
110 DATA6, 217. 221, 110, 0,221
1 20 DATA 102, 1 , 221 . 78, 2. 6, 0, 1 7
130 DATAO, 125. 237, 176, 33, 107
140 DATA 128. 1. 7, 0, 237, 176. 30
150 DATA231. 145, 0,125.221,35
160 DATA 231, 35. 221, 35. 21 7. 16
170 DATA217.217,33, 119,232, 17
ISO DATA 167. 251, 1 , 30. 3, 237. 176
190 DATA 33. 0, 200, 34. 189, 254
200 DATA 62. 195, 50. 197. 254, 33
210 DATA 78, 1 26. 34. 148. 254. 195
220 DATA 169. 254, 33, 0. 200, 17

iFREDDY HARDEST

230 DATA 197. 254, 1 . 1 1, 1 , 237. 1 76
240 DATA 175. 50, 64, 255. 33, 1 13
250 DATA 128. 1 7, 217, 62, 24, 50
260 DATA 237. 176, 196, 197,254
270 DATA 49, 177. 175, 195, 37, 126
280 DATA 253. 33, 58, 92, 237. 86
290 DATA 33. Sfi, 39. 21 7. 62, 24. 50
300 DATA 5, 244, 49. 223, 96, 195,
310 DATA 91 . 18. 224, 16, 34, 224. 36
320 DATA 114. 224, 12. 126, 224, 14
330 DATA 140, 224, 25, 176, 224. 13

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BASIL THE GREAT MQU%^ ""ECTIVE

RttOOY HARDEST (PART R)

his BTfHind m

'OCLEAR 45000
20 LETT^O:LET

W=0

4n S^ ''=32768 TO 3291
40 READA:POKE-

F.A

• i 10 CLEAR 45000

•; £? ^?'T-O:LeTW=0

:■ 4'S RE?n:?^^^ ^032919
50 ^^^^i^^^f'A

SO roiS^-?c'o"DT'''^^"^'-^^*^P

•; 120 DATA ri>m'7i°;V^'

•! ^30 DATA 1252?7"t?«^;^**^-^^
•; 140 DATA 128 ffopI?'??^'°^

K 150DATA231 ibs'S'??!",^^-^
>l '60 0ATA221 35P?; ?!'^21.35

>' 170DATA217P?7 ?i'^^-21?'.16
■' ie0DAlA?67f5rfo^^f'232,17
: ^90 0ATA33o|^o\f;i^^^'^^6
' 200 DATA 6? To? c^^' '®^' ^54
•i 210 DATA 7fl"t?f" 1^*^^^-254,33

•:220 55TA[69 2li'^^'^V^'l95
•f 230DATA 97;!^'?^; ^'200. 17

: 240DATA ?5l^^'^^-V^^''^6
•; 250DATA 2ai7"|f>^l!:,^-^^3
*l 260 DATA 237 ^7k .L^^^* '"'22.
•' 270OATA49 ;)r;^?^'^^^-254

^29oS^?J|3\^^5S^92.237.86'
300 DATA Si' ^%^IL^I^' 50

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CLEAR 32767
LOAD*'"CODE650efl
POKE 65108. 194
POKE 65092, 21
LETT^0±ETW=1
FOR F=65384 TO 65430
READ A:POKE F.A
tETB=T+W'A:LETW=W+1

NEXTF
I IF Tol 2871 5 THEN PRINT" ERROR

IN DATA":STOP

^ RANDOMIZE USR 65409
I DATA 62. 1 95, 50. 235. 145, 33
I DATA0,91.34. 236, U5.33
i DATA244, 93. 17,0,91.1.15
) DATA 0.237, 176.195,0,105
) DATA 205, 64, 254, S2, tOO, 50
) DATA 81 . 255, 1<»5, 44. 255, 62
) DATA 16, 50, 30. 151,56,37
) DATA 151. 195. 238. 145

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10 CLEAR 32765

20 LETT=0:LETW=O

30 FOR F-= 65000 TO 66029

40 READ A:POKE F, A

50 LETT=T+W*A:LETW=W+A

60 NEXTF

70 IF To 7698950 THEN

PRINT" ERROR IN DATA":STOP

80 LOAD* '^ 'CODE 65088

90 POKE 65108. 194

100 RANDOMIZE USR 65O0O

1 10 DATA 205. 64, 254, 33, 249. 253

120 DATA17, 100,255. 1,13.0,237

130 DATA 176. 195. 49. 255. 175, 50

140 DATA118, 166,50, 17.143,50

150 DATA126, 191,195. 164, 151

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LEVEL X

To 90 siting wfth the m^, h«Tv
mn a few ti{>s from tb*
CArto<graf>her himsfl'tf, Sxtrvgn
Heppirvg^lall of EoflBhillan,

• To pick up a w«apoi^, t)oki
dCKwn tttB a/id jump or drcip
onto it.

9 Always tahe the undorgrauTKi
route wti^ievar posstbie
becttjM theftt am lass of ihs
badguys.

# To km the baddie at tlTe er>d
cf roufXl 1 crouch down
becnt^e he cannot hurt you

• «ti^ you 9fe ift ihis po^riion
To hill tiim you must $tard up
and N4 Nm as he waicB

lowmc^ you.

On round 2 you will gcrt pillars
Ifral riss up and down over
waler, to do this, jump onto
lh« lir^t on«. wail unlij the
nexl has disappeared under
the ¥fAter and than |ufnp
towards it, Ihe pilar should
r(te Oiit of ttw wat« in i^ne
lot you to Eancion, Aepaiitthift
prdoKlurfl for each pillar.

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1 Mr lAangrtm. ttiat'H b* C20.00 IncliMflng VAT, and f i hav«
gnrtatf-oanot and cjoconut milk brMkf tst up •■ atttm ■■
, oh h«no, r didn't MM you INK*. Thte riMMittt the IWoM
• tufMfb ■ >it ct* o f i of •• duc < i»> chMtt, for th*
' ua* of ilw guMis . . .

Mtting ttie noor, (f you press
t while on tiwAoof you are askiKl
H you want to sk^ b few le^fcte.
Pnstt N tor no and you are
Tatumed to the kicking, but wtih
aM your energy arid Uves^
(occtjpant: f^ui Eynatone)

-. — ^^ii type in
HM80 and you hear a beep.
m wtwn you start the game
have inlBiita lives and
txrt not ammo. Now
Mns I in the game to sk«p the
lavat you are on, If you want to
gel dd ofyour inlMle energy , just
press CAPS S»«R and N
together,
(occupant: Simon Stone)

;tpxj shield, proceed to
and taaer the aouthem

end Ot the ground,
(occupanit: IneaittivaD

After ItNti 1 /.r»

says: flEWiND to :^,iart o-

LEVEU. Ignore the request and

juQi press ptay on thm tape. You

now start on me next level with

aU your ammo, lives and energy

fuu.

First pause r
9 Now hofci
0«rrER and

ssing

you
unpause rt you . 5999

units of W and mttniie smart
bombs, tt you pause H again and
hold down (zero). P. ENTER, C
and Z. unpause it ;«'"< ^ch..- w.xj
die you wM get . e

isn't It? -

(occupant: Dean Oorie) ■

F»OKER POKi

Yes, It's the one all Hollywood Pol^ef owners have been wailing fori
These instructions will give you ojttra Hvss AND make you start with
t24S and a skint opponent, making the game a bit more InterestinQ-
Thanks to The Master i-tackef (Tim Cfllladvneji Of Leantlngton 5p« for
them.

1 CLEAR 2S024: LOAD "sG"
3 Play tape from Start

3 POKE 36081 .r\ (where n is the number of Ifves you want. Mp to 2S5)

4 To start with £245. POKE 361 00.2S5: P0(<£3e£7a35:
POKE 36699,255

ft To make the giri man with no morwy, POKE 361 01,10:

POKE 38679, 1 0: POKE 36700. 1
6 To start (he game POKE 16384.255: RANDOMIZE USR 2BCK25

NEBULUS
MULTIHACK

This i» fh» idlat'prcKiif jth^r^'s ttyottqh of 1h*m around hers . . . )
Multifsce tiack for intinlla liv^s In Hewson's l^i^bulus.
To cancel the haiok's effect, do It again but POKE 32ft2f 33 Instead

of POKE 32921.0.

1 LoadiN<abarus

2 f^ass the littJe red button on top of W>e MuWf ace

3 Press T

4 Pr«»SPACE

ft Type 32921.0

A PressQ

t PtwssR

B Press FtRE to start ganw

ANYONE FOR MASH?

The POKES tny on my frsshlyticiiftd desk seemi to hav« b*en
taken over by a potato person! The first sheet I picked up was
packed with POKEs from someone called fvlasTiy - and no
address attached. So thank* for the** POKEs, RAaahy. whoever
you are!

SCUIMBAa

FROM THE ST AH 1
40 CLEAR 245^

^0OpS^^SR49O4B
tMXKlDZ

10 REM BMX KIDZ POKES

ao REMBYMASHY

30 PRINT'- START BMX KIDZ TAPE

FROM THE START"
40 CLEAR 24099
50 LOAD" "CODE:LOAD' "CODE
60 POKE 37392.0:REM INFINITE

ENERGY

RUN USR 38526

DECIPHERING DEVIANTS

That brilliant Playws gaffne
0»vi^iit$ had quite a few puzzles
and codes to t>e found, tyul don't
fret if you (wnt find them
becaua* Erie Rogers of
Wotverttarnfrton and Limjsay
Abery of Bradftekl, Nr fteadiniD
harm corm up wtth the goods.

TELEPORT CODES

CERBURUS GUZZLED
AURIGtUSEXCELSOR

jowrmius deviants cybernia

ELECTRJX

BOMB ACTIVATION

KEY VALVES TOGGLED
1 and 4
£and5
tanda
4and6
3and5
2tfid6

HINTS AND TIPS

if ifyouhaveaMultHaiCadrsimtlar
device, stop the prognam on the
twmb soraen to work out what
keys lo press.

^ The tfiens take four Nta to
diestfoy ao don't waste ammo.

it Oevtoflfl that look l^a tiomts
IhjI rvive a dHTerenl lop era Just
there to get k> your vMy - donl
bother wtih them,

ft Use ttw roll to 9St under kwv
ob^adea. t>ui rerr^mtier that
you can't ahoot from the ftoor.

it If you enter the green and y«How
archwysthey wWia p ta wJ i
your enemy.

A To replanlah your ammo Just
pick up the capsules off the
floor.

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RAMPAGE

ThM« drawings frorrk Ian J Mofrison show the rtofnS th^ »pp«ar
b*hir^ the windows tn ActJviston's monstsr gam« Rampoge.

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Givss ma^ and 40 poiMi

Chtt nwrgv ind 40 pointe

fihws enerni and 40 points

Gh«t vifUbtt anwuni a4 points

GliMiiwtaMi mMum of {HtotB

fihfs;4apatn|i

Gt*a 440 polntB

Arnwd gutrdi glvt 140 points

Usamwd giMifiij elw ^20 poi«it»

Htttktg »nv w»hlcl« Of h«tk9(rigf gives 500 poMts

Hildas tha tmn gAvaa ZOO

1^ m^,^«^i^^po^

JMucss mangiy and ghws 40 polnH

IMiicnBMrBv and fhm 40 polflls

RsdiiWf awrnr Md iNm 40 pointi

Annoringtvt th« R^mpagu instruction booklet do«Bn1 nwnlioo
■nyUiing atwi/t p«us« and abort kays, but tan has discovarad them.
Thayara:

CAPS SHin 1 : PAUSE ON
CAPS SHIFT 2: PAUSE OFF
CAP3SHirr3:ABOflT

MlNtTlP: on tater $t^es it's b«si to sma^ any op^n windows first ao the
guards don't have time to stick ihetf heads out.

Thanka for tti* fantaatlc raap^ns* to tha fM» for oWw POKE*
for this r>aw saetiort - thera h«v« bawi all of four tattars! Th«
Section IvBSHiinawhat grown ttili month wtth POKE« iot Chiilrr
and Dmvfts Crown from MattartronJc;, Uttlfnata'a Jif0sc wtdi
Harrier AttAck from Oijrell. Alt of thai* w«r9 aant by Osve Slone
of Br^iQimaUm,

CHIUER

:: 10 CLEJ^R ^^^..-rODE LOAD" "CODE

DEVILS CROWN

10

20
30

40

50
60

JHPAC

REM DEVILS CROWN HACK BY

D STONE

FOR N = 23296 TO 1e9:HEAD AIF

A-999 THEN RANDOMIZE USR

23296

POKE N ANEXT N

DATA 62, 255, 1 7, 0, 27. 221 . 33. 0, 64,

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160 DATA 58,91, 33,235, 175,34
170 DATA 59,91,195.0,91 ,50,107
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ROLUROUND AMD AROUND . . .

Y*s, now you can ro4l on tonvar wHh ttw twip of this routkw
wMch glv^ you Inftnlto 1tm« and llv*s In tiM eiM* bu4H4 gama

RoUaround, Kevin Edwards is Vh* itian i

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JP ™RFM5030 TO 65043

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RENTAKILL TIPA

A* th« imtmcttofu on tti* Inlay
of MattsrtTonk^s fla/itoMff R^
ar«n't all that halptut. K's Just as
well (het Robin Thompson of
Soutl^ampton sent m these Wp*
to maks p4ayina Iha gams a bit
osslsr.

First Of all, killing spider? is fairly
tUTtuqhttorvtard: altycHjdois guide
ihefn 10 where they can be
•quteJi^ Qenma rid at (bts is
more oompl»cat»a, and if a here
that ttw food and aerosol sprays
ConiB kn. WTwn you find a room
wrth a fly in rt, you can drop a por-
tion of lood by pnessir^ the
apofopriate key. T^ lly than starts
to horns in on It - as n^ost ftes dki
- and rf you Nsng around untu ttie
last nnonnsm, you shoukl be t^M
to zap *i wtth tfie spray before get-
ting out of the way. Ii you're suc-
csesfui, you'll find the fly is now
perslyaad and can be p<ici<ed up or
pcnfted VKt laken to a place where
n can be 3quast>ed.

Tfie ob(eot o4 tfie ganw is to kill
enau9h spidarsand 110S to ba able
to get tt1roug^ to the enci-game
ana confront the viHam who
Jntaaled ttw mansion m ttie first
ftatot. In the end^oame. play is
sightly diftefsnt: hef e you no
longer need to squash anytfting,
inslead you find your energy is
drainingaway and you r^eed toeat
the food you carry to survive, So,
it's a race against ume to Itedp
your food suppliaa iip and gat
though to tfw dmlntf master-
nwno.

Thara ara 1 9 insects 10 be got in
al, aMiDugh you c^n get inr ough
to tf» end-game after kitling ooty
12- Beware ttxxigh. the raie that
your food go» cfewn depencis oo
now many ttilngs goi squastwd.
Ttie mcve knaactt you get, the
k)nQer your lood teats,, . Toget
Into H. go baci^ to ttw stani room
arid ^mp on the teieport pad.

If you want to do a bit a cheating
with a Muitlf ace POKE 61 1 70.1
(after kitting |ust One inaecQ gm
you to the end-game and you find
your food lasts an irtoredlbly long
time.

64 CRASH May 1988

GUIDING
GAR FIELD

In Ittsua SI t pHntad a siriall cheat
for The Edge's Garfi&ttflrotn Tf>e
Heavy Mob. But I didni print
What keys take you where. But
navar hretbecauM Rot^m ' Blumf
Balmfoni^ has sent In ttt« whole
tot

1 -Stwt Screen

S ~ Left of Jon'a tatile

3 - Fndge

4 > Laft of starting screen

5 + anysirtgienumljef = Dftlererrt
piaces in the celiar

i +2" Jon's scraert
1 +3-lflakleTV

1 + 4 ^ Bouncing rubber bone

2 + 3 = Menu ScTMn

2 + 4 = Mailbox rwxt lo JOn'S
txiuse

3 + 4 - Ou^ide TV

1 + 2 -f 3 >> Left of BCfeen wtth
aniseed balls

1+ 2 +4^ Chair, stool and warm
b^rritet

a+ 3 + 4 = Above celtar in ftie
house
S+ 4 +

142 +

and chest

1+3+4-1-

1+2 + 4 +

a+ 3 + 4 +

house
¥ = Park

Y + 1 ' MailbOK near back of
Jon's fxHise

Y + 2 » Out^de back of Jon's
house

Y + 3 - Outside butchers
= Left oi health food 9f>op
= Lett of tKjtcfiers

5 <s^ OuteMe cHy pound
1 -OuWde health food

5^ Leritofshed

3 + 4 - iOetar wilh rat

- Stied

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V + 5
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V + 2

shop

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sfwp

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GAMEl

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RUNNING THE ROAD

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NICHE

UTECHDNICH

{NADAF?KEHED
CORNER of the Bates
Motet office lies a
totter'mg pHe of
letters. Ve«, If s
time for Batesy to
answer the readers
mail . . .

ta.;

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This month SIMON N
GOODWIN delves
into the 4^3 ROM and
disk system, reveals
secret machine- code
Instructions, and
reports on the
CRASH Tech Tape
andMGT'sSAM.

ZIPZAP
PAZAZZ

-h3ZiPZAP

TH£ promised version of CPfM for
Ihe Spectrum -f 3 is st)ti appareritly
woHtngin the w^ngs at Loconxitiv«
Softwara. They heep saying
'soon', so I hope to be Bb(« to
review i\ rutxt rrmnth.

In the meanttme Tve spent s
while todung at ZipZap.e ^3dtth
utility ttwt BhoukJ appeal to
hackers and regular disk users.

ZipZap. frorrt Omega Software.
IS a (£sk sector ecfitor - a program
that lets you read and ec^ the raw
inlormatton recorded on a 43disk.
Thts (8 useful If you want to edit
program* or header information
wrtrbut loading tiles into mornory
- perttaps to wange the starling
line number on a BASIC fito, or to
patch text or code.

ZipiZap can be even mora useful
If somaimnQ goes wrong with a
disk - should you erase a file
accidentally, oramachanicaltault
wfies out part of a fKe. for
instance, In the firsi case, as king
as you have nol written anythhw
ne w to tfte disk you can retneve tne
data by )usl change a few
characters in the index or
'directory' ifie disk uses to keep
track ol nies.

In the sacortd case you've
probacy tost the data thai s on the
physically damaged part of the
disk, txil you car usually retneve
most of the file by changing the
directory entry ao that the
computer skips over the damaged
pert.

DISK ORGANfSA-
TfON

disk prodiJcea tjy ■ .Lt DOS •!

doesnt kMd or save files In ti>e
usual way. but instead works with
the indivKkcal lumps of infonnatk>n
on the dt^. known as sectors,
Thedata on a t- 3 disk ts spread

70 CRASH May 1988

ov< . or ' tracks', each a

fnic irniHirnetre wide. The

drsk neaa - \m part thai reeds and

..uf. *.■... t,'.i:.-«'Mf4'i H:^rj(ar«J forth
'r^tanynng

Each track is divided up I 'I.
nine sectors , each of 5 1 2
characters, and sectors ar
allocated in pairs to each liio. as
Hies grow thisy are aflornierf n«w
sectors, and a 'directs -en

on the Outstde of the ep

track of which sectors boitjng to
each fie.

There's no rtecessary
conrwdion between the order of
sectors on the disk and their
apparent order when you k>ad a
file, although it's rare for a file to be
scattered aU over a disk - the
Amstrad software, ^3 DOS, (ust
dotes out sectors from the unused
ones as required, and re-uses
sectors wtien a file has been
deleted amt its space is needed.

The system reads a particular
sector by moving to the
approptwe track «>d reed tng the
sector numbers, recorded tiefore
each lump of data , until it finds the
sector It wants The disk turns at
300 RPM. so (hero's not usuafty
long to wait.

ZtpZap lets you drive the disk
heed around and grab sedors by
number or at rvKJom as they come
off a particular track. 'Vou can then
print . display, edit or replace (he
sector. Standard disks use sector
numbers from to B. bui
'protected' disks lend to use
higher nurribers thai can onty be
read wtifi spociat sottwaro

Other protection scf^emes use a
mixture of sngle and double-
density recordng. 2!|EtZev>can
read and write these, although H
takes a fair amount of fMdfmg
around to wrrte single-density
tracks.

You can read rrrorrt fvwasof
protected dak v. ,p, but

ihe utility reties c - jDOS
ROM routines, so n can't read aN

iONICHEnTECHDNn

recordings genwated by
[programs that manipulale the dtok
controllordirec!' ^-"'-rpiis^
/.OS protected is

launefiAd. but I'l^ti smo;
persuaded Omega Software to
remove the protection.

At the mornant, commercial
prof^ams use r 3 DOS routines
because difpct rottroi is n Tjtjdiy
and error- ( fair

tOa5^5unvi- 5!Ko

vlisl tr:)jr,r

irvciusd" •

yours* d to

read aUbrj'lJ :*_■!>• vveiysmrij

GETDtRECT

ZtfiZap uses a fixed display
format. The top part of the screen
stviwf; !h« (njrrent quarter sector.
<fj Tes of data arranged m

ivv.. =,, '<'>« left side shows

hexati- ia values, and the

fight $»u',' j'vijwTi text.

Voo can edit either part by
moving a ciffsor over tfto daitau
There's no shodage of commands
to move around the s^een.
memory or disk surface - you'll
probably end up usmg just a sut>-
set of the ava'!3blr. rQrrm.3r.d5.

ThekiWi
show? f»'- .. ....._,. ,.......,

sector address ar>d

cursor t.^^-^,-^,,. It's also the place
where messages appear

ZipZap is controlled with single
k4!»y*. sometimw used in
conjuction with Symb<^ shift The
' Z ' key gives a three page list of the
49 controls, with $ingie*ltne
eAptanations of thrnr effects.

Numenc vabesmusi be entered
in hex - ttasa 16. Most macfiine
code programmers w^ll tie hapfjy

if^-th hji a ^r.rii ..'

— Ti^r

•znrM. ' li.3t..

1!

convt;

V'Vi i'j

imal.but

not vice vof siL

Hex makes for a neat disp^. as
every vakie can be written in nvo
'd»fl|l»', 00-FF. rather ttian three
IOE10-2S5) in decimal, so perhaps
it's worth the hasslp Nrirnitiflte««,
the Spectrum 1
enough st3rKl«.\> .--..
characters to ^low a complete

sector on ttie scree'- "• me,

so eech sector IS si i^r

quarters, wnth a cooe Jtiiiei a to
to klenttfy each pert

2^ap can reed and wrrte
sectors uno a ' tMilfar ' of 5 1 2 bytes
of mamofv. The top 32K of RAM IS
reserved ror 64 of these buffers. 90
you can buiW up files m RAM ar>d
<»<i T ! Knrr . wviih POKES from BASIC.
»i si I urns you on - you

t ''^ip at any time

V. :31a. altnou^

irs^,.- V ,...v mxiut2K left for ZX
BAS)C

you can change bufters by
presalr>g ' B ' folkywed by the buffer
number in hex, or just use 'E ' to
Exchange tMtween ») o<td and
even numbered sector -
convanient when editing one
buffer and keeping Hw directory in
^lOthpr Riiffor rnnfrtrstr, cnn he

edite<:

Tlie 'P' key sends the sector on
trie screen to a sonat or Centronics
printer, usmg a doid)^wKlth
format to save p9Qor.

Key ' S ' controls a useful search
option which scans the duk or
memory for a given seouence oi
up to srx characters. Umortunatefy
you have to enter tfiesa by
character code, in hen Searches
in RAM are very fast, but d>sk
accees is sk>wed t>y « 3 DOS. It
takes about tlvee mmutes to
„^,.^^ ►Kfjjygf, ^ entire 180K

L . Oil can stop the search

ai J",' rine by pressing BREAK.

DISK PACK

ZpZap ooets €12.95 on 3 Widi
CHsk. with an A4 manual and a
'bonus' m the shape of a
rrjdlmentary but useful ullSty
program SuperCaf letsyou check
the exact sfze arxl SAVE
parameters of 1\im. rather like tf>e
tape coTfwnand CAT "T".

The ZipZap documentation Is
w(Ht written as (ar as It goes, but
that's not realty as far as I wouki
like. It's heavy goir^g for a
beginner, as it assumes you've
fftld a-^rt yj-dgr^tc^j-rf most of the
3DOS

: ...-.,.,..,.,... anough

ekamples to get you started.

The program «« fairly eesy 10 use
once vou'vo worked oul how to
raed Ine directory and track tiles
down on the di&k. but it works
rTKxe fike a fiexadecimal
^jreodsheel than a friendly,
menu-dnven utility. The first
verskjn I was sent for review
reported errors t>y number, but the
tsTest Cir,f> nrnl<; ruB messages.
mstrad text.

• ^ , useful tool, txjl

• to get used to it
lAod a disk sector
/ou may find using

't ix'! upniM liijuggierf you're easily
phased t}y screenfuls of numbers ,
but It's worth persevenng. Omega
Software can be contracted on
0932 228649, or by post at PQ 80X
2t. Shappotton. MiddfeseK TWt 7
6BY

Z80 SECRETS

Over the years I've had several
letters from readers asking about
the 'undocumertted' irtstruchons
rumoured to be recognised by tfie
Z60 procesaor ir^ aiR rr^odeie of the
Spectrum.

Microprocessors work by
reading numbers from memory
and performing <$ffor«nl actkins
depending upon the exact vaiuee.
known as 'op*oodes', which they
find. 'Op' IS short for 'operation'
Each code causes the chip to
perform a distinct operation on
values in memory ormside the
processor,

According to ZitOg, the f^m Out
frrst made the Z80. me Spectrum
proceesor can recognte eee
difierent op-codes. After some
research I've identified about a
hundred extra operatkins that trie
processor wilt recognise, but
which Zikig chose to keep secretl

i

n)HBJTECHnNICHEnTECH[JNICHEnTECH

ThatB ara vwtous pos8it>le
explanations for ihe it^cf «cy
Som* of the ' new ' ineiruction* we
not very useful. Others (xinftkct
w^ (he way Ziiog expected the
280 to be used - they worit fine,
txit make the processor even nxxe
fiddly to program thon H normally
IS. A few of>-codee appear 10 wtxk
by accideni - they're recognised
by aH genuine Z80 proc«»an$. but
they only work as side-eflect of
olfiftf insirxiCtons.

Tq undersiv ■ -—- yoo need
lock) some d> ark. and

cuimine the aciu. ' ^n

code At Ihis poini t I'll

Mavo lu wavij goodtiye ta anyone
AtK> dofiu ixtt already ban a
reaaonabie knowiedge ol
ma cMn a code - it woutd take
most of this (ssueof CRASH to
explain thm from first principles It
you wafit to learn about machine
PQ^ '• ^ " ^- '"^ws book
Mas. ■• Code on //I©

ZXSvfj^i'ij^ri, puu<ii8had by
Interface.

Z80 DESIGN

The ZBO inetructlon set ta a
9oupod-up version of the aet
rooogn^sed by ihe Intel 8060» on«
of the earliest useful
microprocessors The 8080
recognised 260 instruction, as D
used most of the possible values
for a sirmie-fcryte op<code.

2]log oesignefa teft Intel and
addeoihundrada of extra
inalructkons by rnaWrtg apecia) use
of the imueedSOaO O0-<!Ode2O3 -
C8 la hexadadmat. Tnia code was
dedarod to tie a marker, indicating
that the next byte was ttip oo-code
otaspeciaiZSOir

The now instruf. „ . . .. ^jted
two bytes of op-code, unlike the
6060 instnict" "- -' -h coukt get
bywttioneb shortSOSO

instructions SI :m vjumvti.anaZAoq
^1 kits of ejctra op-codes to play
' he cost of longer, slower

■TS.

•n u^eory this Ihck shouki have
Qivcr Zitog an extra25e op-codes
n«n you kM3i( through the
I'uclions ar.d c^isracter
coacB p-

manuaJs.. - ...-■ - --,

Spectrum t bookfet.yau'Haeea
cuffous gap in the aeoond column
of inatiuctiona.

According to the rrtanuBil, you

St a valid £80 instruction if you
. low a 203 byte with a«ty vatue
EXCEPT a tiyte in the ran^e from
48 to 55. There's no hml of what
happens if you use these €tfghi
combinations

MfSStNG fN ACTfON

ir^i :riey re aifan.
eight. Each grom:
works 8inNtarty,b>
instructiorts in aa<
dfffarentreQislars leadn

rjup handtos rac enC.

E, M. L. (HL) andtnany A Sort's
a oood t>et thai the misscng codes
fooow the sarne pattern.

■'lat

QfilfQff ••.« "-^- "nictions

come V. at sWh

binary vfliuv'j u-'ueAuysj mere's
an arrlhmetic shift left, ttion an
arithmetic shift nght. then trie gap ,
followed by a logical shrit nght. It
saetrts very likely tfvit the mtssiog
Irwtructions were meant to
p>erform a logical shift left.

Wfien .. M. Tr . ii, you discover
thatth* insOOshii!

tXnaryv.i...^-- . . iiielf'' <" ' -•
nog^ers you'd e)tp3er

- -"-■" ■ ' ' tsalwayt. 7t. nior

'^eas you'd expect a
') leave it deer this IS
' wiikvtai fB^iJi . and
pie&uitt^Lh) ' >g

ct>OBetoktH ons

secret.

No-A- triat you know what the
' ona do. you can use them

. , .>.n i.h'iiifi^ni'i TtiffV have

ttto ■ ' m

onetotheanswL>

you'd often rmd till

pertuips m sertaJ data-har>dltng

routines, but at least now you

itnow that you can do it'

There are a couple more
mstructions in the sarrw vein. Zitog
use two more marker values. 22 1
and 253. to (nofcale that the
following ifistniction. which would
nr,n'nii!iy use the HL reoister pair.
ise the new Z80 registers
I ^ '.; ■ i iristead-

Zikjg markers sometroes work
In combfnation, so if you put itie
sequerKie of bytes^ 221 , 203. 54 in
your program you can Shift Left
Logical the byte pointed to by IX.
Thtt ts ar> irKkned operation, so a
single byte offset fitim IX should
come at the end of the instrxiction,
aftof t^o ?■*

■ tslnihe

iTtb.: ..-_: ^„ .,, . _ 4rhich

uses 70, ttie code for LD B.(Hg,
^.,,K -jf T -'- "ijoselectlY.and
oend, making the

wnnit! int.i:re.r:_,r".JO: 253, 70^34

MARK 2 EXTRAS

Novt you know about the markers
for IX and FV. another idea may
c'osayour rrtfirl (* EhPV: values ten

process's lY

.,.^aafl'''f '- vydoil

youpu' a 8060

instrucliu. .^ y.■■.^_ , , ,.ju,, ■; uS© Hf

Before the Spectrum was
inverted i used to wrtte for a
magazine called Cornpc/Uno
Today, rvsw defunct. One of the
con|rtt>a1ors. D S Peckett.
discovered that the 22t and 253
markers for IX and lY coukJ be
used in front ol instructions meant
to work on the eight-t^i regisiars H
and L

In February 1981 Peck*"'
reported tfval tfie op-coo-
r*ormal)y used to toad A wru' < i.
would loftd A with the lop eight bits
' rnregi5terlXif«toad, rf it was

needed by a 221 byte
Similarly, the bytes 253. 124
loaded A wrth the high byte ot IV,

According to Ziiog, tX and lY are
fixed-purpose I64>rt register?, In
fact they're juai duplteates of HL.
and each index re^ster can be
used in two eight b(t furives. as well

asatebrtr" "•" ■'bat means you
can have lir of eight bH

reglstera insieau oi aacf> index
register < if you want thsm - and
most assembler programmers
want ffi» many regiaters as (hey can

get!

You can genorata 66
undocumented but reliable
Imtructiorts by prerncing single*
byte 8080 opncodes with 221 or
253. T>"« ' "I' ...'*,<} virtif, 8080

code? - eight -bit

registo H f^uetothe

ZS).likeB -tdsoon

Yoo can ! ::ux inacv, registers
with HL <n the saine instruction, so
22 1 (select JXt lollowed by 1 0S (LO
i..H|loadiilXLwlf>!XH mthwthan
LwithlXHorl> This isn't

much ot a si.it: '« prefix

seems to on wid

feplaceiiv. - ine duration of
the nexl mstrxjctton,

I'm sure ' ■ -■ '" '^•♦vw secret
anduseft. itheZSO.

but those »rr" iM<,- vriiy ■,/t>e6 I've
come across. Moat assemblers
Witt retact tfie non-standard
mnemonk:s I've used -you'H have
(o enter ttie Instnxdiona as byte
values.

Tt>e Pwfuresijoe f tHifor
Asaembief. recently moacfcagod
as The Code Madvne by
Discovery m-d? T=l.'i423> lets you
use alt the lions in ytalor

progmms II .. .^ .i-,.-..-.r„.^|(.

SLLIorthene. 'lons,

and calls (f-- •syi'jitr

sections » ■ 'L and I YH .

Unfortunau:iv tneCode
Mtfc'Miemon^or program doesn't
^sassemble ttie nstruclions
correctly. You may come across
some Of these op-codes In
routines like Sp^fidk*, which are
designed to be htfd to hack

OPERAND BYTES
CODE

The Z80 has a tew other eeaets.
Almost a decade ago a hacker
called Adrian Kennard raatiaed
that it's poss^ile to write Z80
instructions tfiat execute tfieir own
operands, making them very tiaid
to dls-vi.<u»mh!Ai

Thf litional relative

|unrtp6 ,......,...! Lags and then treat

the values of the r«ext byte as an
offset to the ne«i instruction to be
executed if the conditkin is trvie.
The offset iarafttiwe to the address
after the comfitiodai jump. So an
offset of minus one ftas Itie iogicsl
but blw/te effect of sending the
computer back one byte, so that n
re-raada tho offset, this time
irealtng it as an instrudion.

tl just so ttappens ttul the value
minus orvo 15 ihe opcode of a
smgte byte instruction. RST 56-
so It>i9 special case of the
eondrhonal |ump creates a new
two-byte (nstruclion. acondillonat
restart' On the Spectrum. RST 56
IS used to scan the keyboard and
update m» software dock.

MORE PORT?

The In A.(C} instrucllon actually
worka as IN A,(BCh and Is used as

urr ROM In

ilue of B IS

VtiaiiMll:

bits of the

address :

ittfuctions

that use

"jister

C. Simila

eoid

value ol A on iriiea AB to A 1 6. while
the eight-btl port number oooears
onAQloA7,

^$ PORT FAULT

Oraeme Waitot^i tm>! nriiici' m with
further ml ormaiion about c^ka
and incompattMlllies of the
Spectrum ^3, and at last Vvo got
hokl of some detailed tactmical
information about tfie deaign
changes m trie macft^.

In the Christmas Spttdai I listed
sonreof thetxigs^lhe *3 ROM
The problems were serious, artd
explained why some progr am s
lack sound arvJ otfters fail when
the COPY command is used,
Howevef tfiey didn't exptain why
some games 'tock up' wften you
run them o«t a '^ 3. evert though
thm work fine on any earlier model
of the Spectrum.

Graeme haa discovered that
Ar^mnoild, Sf wrf C^rcuri and Top
Gun ad (jfrfi corfo which reads

Id

. .,vrt In the
•glc array. The
I. ri^tain loops which
port 10495 - part of tfw
twiyj'Hj! cjpectrum ULA - and wort
for particuiaf values. In fact you
can get the same effect by readng
port 2S5.as ihetopekgftt bissotthe
port number art ignoried.
The SinclalTHdeaigned
Sp«^ -iciudrngiheongm^

Ami.- .which was

esseniiafry a Sinclair 1 28 in a new
box - have regularly changing

v.-iluiin ;i\ p-ort 10495.

The value IS the current ottrtiule
bmng written to the TV, aivj
WH-respoods exactly to tfse
nij mber you'd road wtlh the ATTiR
function. Programmera use this
va^ue to divide up tfte frame time
avefiity between several differertt
tasks, and aoak i» time by waiting
lor Ft to charige. the value is 255
whtit !h« txx^ isfjrawn.

tnately, Amstrad didn't
- .r. ,..^,jUtlhispf"' '"■••"fivaJua
si icks at 2SS orm ; hing

into 48K BASIC d«j»->n ■ . .,Tip.
because it doesn't change ttw
hardware.

I have newer seen the workings
of ihfs port documented, so I'm not
Surprised ttut Amstrad misaed ii
out fnjm the * 3. Ev«i »o. il'a
anotfier important mcompettbiiny
In a computer with a lot of
problems, and It's hard to see how
softwofe producers wHI be able to
get some programs working
without such a faciiiiy to
synchroniae the code and the
dlisplay

I haven't got any (^ the games
affected by the 4^3 fault, so I can't
try commenting out the kxip. In
theory thai vnB m^te tfie gannes
work, but it IB Nkely lo give a
fCickering di^ay and an
unpr edtctable runmng speed. A
delay loop may be better, but will
probably stiD cause a lot of iticker

CRASH May 1908 71

INICHEDTECHDNICHEnTECHONICH

tr you krtow Of Can find oui move,
p(ess6 write in.

I've discussod tMs quirk wilti
MQT. developers of the SAM
Sup«rSpectrum, and they assure
me that thalr machine letsyou fsad
the current attribute vakie from the
port, iust as on a Sindair
Specirunt.

They've |ust tied up a deal wHti a
large semtcarxjifclof
manufacturar which will produce
their lofflc anray wxj ensure
5up$)(ies of scwtK RAM c^Mps later
in the year - BO the SAM
developrneni siioutd noA be hit by
the cNp »hortages which have
affectfl<t ottter mamifecturers .

HtDDEN uTfurms

WherYthe -^3 came out iiiat year I
explained how you could access a
hidden' seH-tesi pfogram.
Graerna Walton tuts discovered
another coupto of hidden options,
atso ecceeaibie from the 'test
card' which you get t>y holding
down the 8REAK key and presamg

Once the TV test (srd is
displayed, press the keys 'Q'. A',
r. 'PVL' and 'M' for theseH-test
program. The verston manber is
shown wfwn the program starts up
- the +3 I've borrowed from
EdMorial contains version A-Q of
ihe test sutte.

Craerne has discovered you can
retLf'" *^ ♦^" inrtial merwi from tfw
les' otdHTig down Keys 'V

arkd D auii« same time. Thai
menu used to contain a 'tape
i*ster' option on earlier Spectrum
128s.tXit the +3mlB8asftofl-
preeumality because of Amstrsd' $
bw-kev approach to +3
cassettes, vital ihough they are.

Graeme finds tfiat keys A". 'E'
and ' U ' pressed together from the

test card caH up 1t» rape

test* routine. On our ' .] ri mvim* a
completely blank screen until you
piay a tape, at which potnt
animated CMocks of colour appear ,
ratrter like a colour sound-io>bght
display, or the loading pattern on a
ZX-81 . The pattam vanes to reflect
rhythms m me input signal, so you
can get enterttin^ results by
playirig mufiii-: in^r. the cassette
portandwi lescreen

pulse in iyiH

H may be that ti>ere ore several
different versions of the -^3
Intemaj software, because
G(«eme says tfutt c i*^

combinatKXiofkeys txir-

graph tape tester, mote liiut ihe
oneontheoidl28.

in any case tt>o old bar -graph
tester can be caMed from -* 3
BASC, using a sn^ipet of code
that Graeme ftas serri tn The
relocatabie code in Listing 1 c^ls

TECH TIPS USTING 1

10 CLEAR 65499

P0FORN-65500TO
>y.j52Q

30 READ X; POKE N X
40 NEXT N ^^""^'^

mk^h^^'^^5500
60 0ATA24S.175.50.29,

[°3DATA 205. 0,91, 205.

^g'^'^TA53,62,251.50,
90 DATA 205, 0.

II

91.241,

Pleaieeeiulm* a CRASH Tech Tap*. t

t eneltwe a ^eque or potttal oidv r for £i.H (£7. OB U my sddrwsi i

!■ cHiUilct»th* m*inimna tlK) made payable to NEW5FIELD LTD. er ■

1 km paying by V!S A or Aocesa wftb the special fCMtB belaw. •

up ROM routines that work just liK e
the old 128 tester ■ • '^ ^.ddod
t>onu$ ol on-scret' ijns

If you want to use un;& c ooe to re-
align your tope heads you'M need a
correctly recorded test-iape,
made on a reference maoiine.
There's no point usmg one of your
own tapes, as the machine thai
recorded II may rut have been
aligned property

Qraeme Walton wins ttiis
mor>ths' Tech Tips pnze, £40
worth of software of his
choice . . . Yep, tfut's n^ht. the
sarone and ber^volen)
management here fiove boosted
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lastyfliB/i

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CRASH Mav 1988 73

THE CANDY MAN

CAN . . .
THINKS

Just as it looked as if CRASH was to bhecome
the laughing stock of the gaming world,
KATHARI N A H AMZA reports on the turning of
the tide . . .

OR SO HE

THEdayoflttschiOenge
dawrm. As Uudlow
another unevefnlld
ntght , the ygMs go oci B^
ovsr town and the CHASH oHiCs is
buzzing wnh sntic^saiiDn - or is it
fear? Evwy chaienge so tar has
ondad in tsars, racrlminaitionaand
boundtoss humlHatlKxi. Menvton
t}w8ubj|Bct cuually afid moal
raviawvB, thair (aces wHd and
httTQwvi, fluddardy recoil sit
Lvgant appointfnenl savflfiSI niiioo
iiway. Hea ao StroQtwtsa Robin
Candy, w^'$ RntHy d«ckied to
come out from behind his dari<
gias^s to takd pail Ln oritt last
dKch^ anempt 10 save the
dwindling honour of CRASH

As he Sftunters casually into the
office, fhve fajihKMiabte mirHites
(ate. hi3 eyi» meet the

chailenQar's gaze, fwirew MaJ«9
fix>fn Stevenage fV^ Wembley and
aixither competition win) has be»i
re»dy ami wallmg efficiently for
ai>c>ul on hour. They egre^ to ptay
three ton minute bouta. each
commencing: on levd five,

Foilowing e txief exchan^ge ai
tactica. RoBinpkjQa m hts ioystich
and hia Saga EmDemr toyboaf d
fSometjfnes the joystick doean^t
work*, he estpWns, trying not to
look paranoM switches on a
Srrtftna recording, and the
challenge be^n&

CRUMBLING
CANDY

Andrew tieams ahead with a
score of \%92* in just one mmule.
Robin, iollowing a sUgbt hieeup M

Hie selection screen (loo twsy
looking cwjl to pfes5 the nght key)
»B only |U3t behind The crunch
comas aa they approacti ttia
towers; Andrew snoots them am
and scooipa up his 50,000 bonus
Despite the muAkoai
aoooffipanHnent. which is
bsglnrwng to soitnd iiice a funeral
(firQe, smooth dude Candy has
one tower left and a lo4 less points.
Andrew ptays on in silent
concentr^ion: CBn>dv"s kmage 15
visibly crumbling, 'i'm losing' he
mutters as his frentk; wrtst acticin
becomes more and more
daeperate.

Ai tfi« fith waive tbay are both
or« tower ahon of the bonus;
Anctottw scores at 1075739. toatifl
some way aJieed o< Robin's
reepectabte 1()e0980. HaH-way

througii I'M t^ ^''B^ t^ l^out
comes to an eod. Robin tries lo
look as if he expected tfw
outcome:

ROeiN: 1188135

Af4DREW: l^ffiS?

Andrew kioks serious ^ he knows

It's not ail over yet. As tfiey begin
the second matcli. h»
oeneentration remains
unimpwrwl. Unldte Robm, wtio
utierse i^mm of unpubishabie
oaths. Aitdrew doesnt M a
syllable pass his Dps. Inatsed he
surges ahead and reaches tfw
De^ Star with a masaivescore of
22957 conipared with fkibin's
1 3429. Bo^ players reach the
third stage with three towers left;
aft ttie Bth wave both fiBtre four
towers remaining. Ttie scores are
evening out. Robtn Candy's
fingent oegln to relax and his
flarnboyant wnst action becomes
more subdued. Andrew looks
femam but otherwise unrrtoved. Aa
tfwy hurtle to the end of the round,
the scofia look dose.

HOBIN: 1210&64
ANDREW: 1202288

irsa rnorrient of utter disbelief. It's
a break with CRASH sedition so
complete that rKMtne is quite
capable of cootprefitending it. The
scores are checked but tttey

74 CRASH May 1988

i*

^ A klrti* to be rsckixwil viWh: DomarTs Sttr Wms

ramatn the same, fof ih« firsi iimo
in th« NMory of the CRASH
chattenge a CFIASH rsviawor has
avotddd total dafeat. Evan if
Andrew goea on lo wb, Robin has
up^U a i(ttie of ihe magazine's
coiiactiva honour.

SWEET
DtSAS TER

As they move knto lt» Ihif d. match .
Robin iDOha cofifidant and begins
ro Sing, thaii atd|» aa ha ra^iaaa
he's dssiractlfsg no-of© other than
hrmsett. Andrew p>ays as
efficiently aa aver and the
c^tattervga progreases neck and
neck.

At the 5th wave they both have
three towers left, Andrew is just
atiead wtth a score of 32382 to
Robin's 30590. Ajjain the towers
prove the turning point; Robin
clinches the 50,tW0 bonus and is
ahead as they enter the 6th wave

^ ■

*>■ Kwili in hand, Robin tlQfnia ahead
to titoar CMStr* tisd nann . , .

A fflwit Andrew sits trvntixad by
0w cHi-«cfii«n adiofl.

trench. They're minutea away from
the end d the match, whart
Biiddenty . . . CMaa^ar strikes;
Andrew mtasefa the exhaust port
and has to re-enter ttw trench,
Moanwtille, Robin pu3h» ahead
io a final score 30.000 points
ahead of Andrew.

ROBIN: 1209687
ANDREW: 1179fifi2

lncredit>te but Injel A CRASH
reviewer has finally won a
chaHanae (ewin though the total
scores toM a different stay ... y
After four (Meats, a fifth would
have-been a cruahirtg blow, RoUn
Candy, who has averted the
seemtigiy irwvitetrie, looks sa ^
he's wondering wt>0ther it really is
better to look coo< in triumph
rather than cod in defeat. He's^ill
making up h»s mind as the
challenger? slope off to l^nch^
leaving th« tjihoo dazzled and
dazed.

As the victor btkI vanquished
meH iniQ the aunset what better
note to flriish on, than Andrew 's

UnS greeting 10 Mrs Hall 'a £^9^ts^
$et and everyone elss wtw knows
him,

See ytxi next time (isaue 54, a
Tipe Editor end a small sh»p catod
Cybemok} . . . )i.

-ORCEFUL

5741?

WARS

COHI^HTED tjy Domark inxn the
supeit} vector graphic Atari com-
op. Star Witf9 Mined a worthy
N % tn l«sue 48 of CRASH.

FoUowirfg tlwatoryUne of ttw
film, thia pl^er la aant on a do-w-
die mtssion againsl Imperial
forCW , battting TIE ftgtilers in deep
space before traversing ttie
surface of the Daalh Star, to flruliy
rwgeitiaie ihe equtforiai trench
Here, some seat^-the-pants
rtying la neoeaaary to evoid
cdiwalhsafMj erwny flak, in order
I reach the end where two photon
' rpedoea down wi extoust pod
bsoim the destnjction of the
Emplre'e enormous baWe station.

Oomparfaona to ReaKime's SlBT
Sttfike weiii InewftaCile. but ttw
leam gerwaKy regarded
Oomark'a effort with wme
retpact. laytng it was as good a
corvversion of me original that you
are likely to get on ttw Spectrum
One or two mggling fautti ftalted a
Smash rating - most rwubly ftom
Rotrin himsett! • but the fast
(although touh aiKM) vector
gr^scr^ectlon b ad wofih a look.

Domark also ^ave 9ve boenses
for Atans two other St« Wars
gwTtee, Tf«Bmp>nStf#mBaeit
and Aartjrn oftheJstii These have
t»en promised lor ' BB but wt^emer
they will ever appear on the
Spectrum, well }ust have to wm I
aiKf see .

CHALLENGE NICK
ROBERTS!

Flushed wtth the succeaa of his colleagtM, Hick Rabwtlhae
agree<l to proffer hie butt-klching services to the nwtriinier
who dares enter the CRASH challenge, tf you think you're
any good at Hevrson's Cylwmok/ {CRASH Sma&hed in isaue
St) then fill In the form and wait , . .

Maybe you'll have to travel to ludlow sometime in May.
Then again, maybe you won't Who can tall? Either way,
you've no ishance at all with this form just sitting here; fill It
in aiKJ reibim Itto: CRASH ChsKsftge, CtUkMUfPOBaM 10,
Lttdlow^ Stiropahtre SYS 1DB.

Dear Nick Roberts

I challenge you to play Cybernoid in ttie plush off iaes of
CRASH magazine. My high score ts already t/i/sbig:
And it'il probably be even higher by May , . .

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CAGE MATCH

Producer: Entertainment
USA

Retail price: £1.99
Authors: P Atkinson and
J Brennan

The interplanetary wrestling
committ«e ar« staging the
fTKiSt tJtnrma «re$tltng
match ol ih^fn all. In tJi« gulma of
Wf, iMisn Idrtrti. ratting frorn tHJg-
■yfld twetie io brawny bartMrtan.
Ona or two playef s batti« it out in
tt>e mlergalactK: champranship,

Conibai tBttes place w^thl^ a
ihroe-sicted rnocKschrOfirtatic c&g&
under the ga^e Of a 3utLal>¥
inlergalactjc audience.

Parlidpuits may grab, k>ck, hii,
haad t>utl, neck chop and ihf^jw
their opponent, the objectiva
ttgtrtQ 10 stun turn long enou^ lo
Climb up tt>e 8ld&5 csf the cage and
win the match. Unless he feiis lo
ahafte the climbing wivattar ofl the
mash, the untiicky flgMarlaft in the
vma disappears as tha solid
kxiking cage floor turr^ ifito a
botlofTiia&ft at>ysa Of flashing
lights

Two anerw bars indicate the
ataiua of mh pta^w's stfongth:
rTMKfwltafy pwKNll of tvst giva
dwtndlog t^ttti a chance to

recover. Sucxass means
promotion lo a tougher match, a
tougher opponorl and wiothar
shot at twcoming IMar^ilartic
wrestlar supreme.

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CRITICISM

1

• "Patfwtk: la ttw first, atid
prDl»ably only printable word
that sprarvg \o my mind whttit
playing Cage Match. HcMTibly
daformad characlar sprites
tiobble woodar^ly aroiund tha
bland, unattractiivft taaclulrofi.
WraatlJng isn^ my favouNl*
sport at ttia beat of timaa, mud
even thts tntargatactic wanion
fsllad miserably to spark any
sort of ertthuBlaam. Aparl from
Iha dire givphlcs, tha garrraplay
Kaa vwyHmitad appeal, with ttia
combatants t>eiftg limltod to a
few etJperlluQua mqves; your
poor -old charactfrr 1$ usuatly on
the receiving end of the physical
barrage, sirtce the computer
cofitrollwt opponent

et o n attfW t U y wipes the floor wMh
you. Not that tha game actually

fives yoii much incenttve to try,
aka my advice: ataaf ctaar of
Cage Match. "

entiurei sjch mbtitsh from sotn^
Spectium pfogra/nmers? Sunty
they must raaUse a bad gtene
when they see if? Cage Match is
nothing but utter dni^^. The
graphics aw fine untti they start to
ihove. bmngj^rtfy and tnaccumte.
The sauna h aknSa/fy pathotic,
conaiating at a hw moagra wMte
fw t u am c i St A/xfas fef tf»gaff»
-wh^6i9it?Theonfywayyoacan
iast in a txmt is to avctd yotjr
oqoooonl YoMve no chance of
bating him as the moves (t
pfestsme there are some) are
tmpossibte to access. And he
recovers so quickfy that you mfght
as well not have txthereff m the
first piace. Spectrum computers
need this hke an aakimo needs a

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COMMEHTS

1

JoyaltCifct? OurmOr* KernpatW,

Sinclair

Qr^ihjca: poor perspective and

jerky animatKjn

Sound: a few weak wtwle rvotsa

eNects

Opt-out; chcHC^ of sijic diffararit

characters. One or two playera

Qenenal rating: a beat ' em up not

even worttiy of a budget label

Presentation
Graphics
PJaiyabiltty
Addictive qualities
OVERALL

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DENIZEN

Producer: Players
Retail price: £1.99

Authors: Paul Griifftths, Mike Brown, Martin Severn
and Andy Severn

Contact has bettn lost with
the orbiiat pluionium
ropdooniing MliUtlon,
and the Mar#ie Corp Idp brasa
believe Jabba McGut, leader of
aiien terrortsi group, Oenizer, lo
be responsible, Armed only with
lh« iateet in techrvtcai weapotyry -
the self loadlrig Quick Kill ' nfta -
the player sets about destroying
Jaisba McOut end his allies.

The terrorists are hidii^g in sub
levels ona, two. and three of the
instaliation. and on each level ?0
explosive boKs have to t>ti
dalDn«lad io lettison tha Motion
irtto apace. The game slartaansub
lave) orw and the player is
provided wflh 99 rounds of
ammunition. Eirtra ammo and
efkorgy can be collactftd and a
torch used to illumbiata darkened
areas. Parts of tt^ screen ^r«>
blocked oti by doors, bu:
collection ol ke^ cards allows
accass to further sections of ihe
oomptaic.

Onee tf l of the bohts on a Iwval
have been detornated, Itw player

has 20 seconds to find the lift ttiat
lak^is. him to Hie next level, before
being blo«n into ihe void.

On reaching Ihe thinj leve^, the
player entera the lair of Jabtta

Jnick I

" The quattty of Ptayen' budget gotrwjj Uieve oays i» am*
even tMttef than the ma^rity of full prf^a gamaa. Der^zan
PACked wMi tttUa txtn* Hwt add to the uHinmU oft. Tfw tM*'
scraafi tMWS a VC» SeroUar wtth dleRlMMf pUkurm of Hie
pragrammirig team and characters appaiirtno to • brWarit touml
tractt. Ttw game ttaetf haa got aotw rally nfietgrapWca (fmnH 3

id to tra ruU atfrnrtaea witl

••paeiaHy), and eoteur Iws been wed to ifa fuU ■dviwiwge with
hardly any clsah wfatttia ait all. Ordy tha atow eh aractarnWiacna ff it
irritataa to any degree; anothar excallent game from Players,
^Keepltuptadat"

McGut, where the evil one is faced
in a fighl to the deatfr.

MMmTL

W Clraphk:^, Denizen la g««d. with a da^andabto toofcltHi Marlna-
yomplng tfirough loads of smart ma*nia-fHlad icraana. My only
real moan la tha self-4oadlng 'Qttiek Kill * rife which Is anything but
iC|uick. Several frantic poMraia on the fit* b«,itton were needed to
•lk:H a rasponaa, by wtih^ poM Ihe aUen hoodiunia had uauaHy
aafit my chwactar to an aarty grave. The game style is loofcing a
Ut Jaded now; you've probality seen K al Safpre, but Denizen m a
" atfOot'emupandalUlwar^aloak. **

COMMENTS

Joy«|l0fca: Cursor, Kempston,

: super dignised
lures on title screen. Game
graphics improve the further
vou get. arwj the end sequence
ttterdfic. Lots of colour and
Httledash

Sound: poor sourvl effects but
good trtle tune
Options: definable keys
Oenerat ralina: sadty. the
game doesn't ave up to the
iwely praaaniMton

CRASH May 1988 83

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S»0*P*H*hS*T*R*Y

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Producer: CRL
Retail price: E7.95
Authors; TFMGandTEBS

84 CRAS

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DEC
ON

TRRCK
OFF

optiisiFy takes ptace m a
complex o* 21 a^is^act
tev«B. Each 1ev«l cornprises
savarat miarconriected 3-D game
boards conswiing of martMjd
bkicks. At the beginning of the
game ooIy S0% of the structuD 18
o$>9f3«d up. The ctefjw^ obiective
Is to otHam the m keys scattei9d
(hroughoift the wiv«t)nment which
win unlock the getes leeckng to the
21s< (eveJ and open INj construc-
tion T0O%. This can b© achieved
by retnovifvg (he keys m puf^uci of
by amasstng points to trade for
them.

The-, ^eBcontrototsmalf

pod-) IP! i^apabte ot moving

In all toor directions As i1 jumps
acfO&s Ihe blocks iheir dr(f«^nl
otlfibules are actrvatiKt; scoring
btocKs ano target blocks ioo^a^se
points Landtng on blocks and j/ok-

Sophistrv Is ccHnpl«x,
compaHing and original, it
dflrivoii ita tactical ato^
rrwnts ^om ^mtma B<it«
patlafica and chass and
makaa lrq|aniot43 ub« of its
ttlMa dlmen»ton«. The
gnphlca me potlstwd; tt^
pod hops smoothly from
brick to hnck and ttt« tex-
ture Of the squares is
innovattvoly axiitoit^d' The
various treckli>g end lock-
ing features, Mock sequ-
ences and restrictions add
increddhte ctaptti to the
tiaslc boaid aanw princi-
ple, flexibility la all - there
are endlesi possibilities for
complicated variations.
Succasa dapends on a
wide range m altila: sorm
screens reqirir* (|ukik reac-
tion? end j,o¥»tlck control
ss well as strategy and logi-
cal ttiought. Foriunatety
tt^re $r% rnore way? thpin
one of Cortquvring th>e com-
ptex^ $0 if you can't s#e
your way ttirough a panicu-
larty tough screen the
garm doesn't ^ust grind to
a halt. My only quibbte
regards the instructions
which brim with informa-
tive detail but tack a
■tialghtforwanf exptana-
tk>n of the basic rules.
Don't let this put you off : tt>e
indecipherable infomistion
sheet hhiAa a highly addic-
tive, ingeniously d^visKl
game with a brain. If you've
also got ort«, buy Sopht^-
tryt "
un

ors, in vsnous 3^¥je«>oes of
ascending and dMoendlng order,
gains bonus points. Missing a
otodi Of atten^}4lng to teawe the
board St an unmsftaed exit resuHs
in the low of one of five ftwes.

Tfie ttestc concept of search and
fmd IS compiiciited by the proper-
ties peculiar lo each block A
status panel to the left of the
scraefi ifidicates whether ceruun
restfictiortsare m opersftion or not
On some t»vd8 exits are locked
and cannot be opened until a cer-
tain number of points have been
scored Of a specifwd pervod of
time has been spent on the cufient
board Conversely, other tx>ards
muM be ciesfed before a stop
watch countdown reeches awo

OlhBf Feaiitres include mystery
tHochs |a variety of beneficiat ar>d
advefsc eflocis), false exits and
seekers, contact with the latter
means instant death. Tracking
status detemwtes how much
sifategic tWnr
negotiate each i

" it's amazing how the qual-
ity of games can vary within
a company. CI^L, rwt
exactly rvnowr^ed for hun-
dreds of awe-lnsp(ring
games, have cartel niy
corrre up wWi Ihe gOOds
this time- Sophestry i» not
|ust afiother puzzle gsrr»e -
it roquiros a greet amour^l
of planning artd thougfit,
ccKTibJned wfth arcade
reactions and risk. Unlike
most puxzle games the
object is not as simple as it
first seems. A great amount
ot mapping is required for
anyt}ody hoping to have #
chance of getting any-
virhere with it. The presenta-
tion n wsfy original - as
with most gamStt th«#« are
many opt ions » but these
can also t>e accessed from
within ttie game, not jyst on
the title screen. With such a
wide combination of things
that can happen on each of
the screens it is imposslible
not to tM enthralled by
Sophistry. With this and
Brainstorm on offer, puz-
zlar^ aitt In for a real traat

this ilHNllll« "

t wf>ich creates faiel
force whtch keeps
.„.g until It hits a target
.1 countdowr^ are just a
probiems to be encoufs-
teied in tncitier sduatjons one of
Ihe player s 50 uppers may be acti-
valed^ These incr^s« the value of
all scoring blocks by one and occa^
sionaily recover blocits which ha\fe
disappeared

This game is packed full
of variety and addictive-
ness. The 3-D playing t>aard
Is a great idea and the way
ti>e little pod twpa from orta
btock to another is vefy
smooth. Each block does
something different and
th^Tf are almost endless
ways of compiotmg the
game so you can never get
tKired. The only thir^ that I
found Irrtalid me In
Sof^iistry was the way the
game went back to the title
screen after you fiave left
each board. I found this
totaHy unnecessary. A
special key that took you
back would have worked
jusl as well, if not better.
Slocks that disappear
when you touch them add
an element at trustfation to
the game but this makes tt
even more fun wtien trying
to correct your steps next
time round. Soph'^tjy Is
bursting with addictive-
n^a just waiting 1 a pounce
out at any un^usp^ectirvg
game buyer, watch out for
It! "

can excnange poirtls for extra,
uppers, the eTmirtaiton of seefcerB,
the opening o4 locks or borkjs
lives, Am^:^ and selective utstruc-
tlons can aiao be constAed. On-
screen displays indicate cunem
level, number of i»ves and uppers
refrt3inir>g, game lime and score

COWAfF/VTS;

Joysticktt: Cursor.
Kmipalcin, Sine law
Q f a pW ea : great 3-0 per-
spective ctieaies an invohrtng
elmosphere. Oespile ihe
small Size of ifw ctiaracters
they ate supertjiy drawn and
aniiTtated

Sound: no tunes^ but a wide
range of impress»ve spot
ejects during the game
Options: defmabte keys
Oarterat rating: a pu^ztino
game, requiring quick and
kigical ttwihing, as weH as n
d^ree of rHSk. tts only
infuriating fault is returning to
the main menu after compkrt'
ing a screen

Presentation 86*^:

Graphics aO*Jv

Playabllity 93%

Addictive quatitiM 91%
OVCfULL 90%

CRASH May 1988 85

DISPOSABLE HEROES

Producer; The Powef

House
Retail price: ei.99
Author: GrantJaquest

T1>e Mega Garbage Beings
ar€ or the rampage again.
and are holed up in caverns
bdneath th« citv. aiong with ihsiT
equally vi(e companbris.

tt te imo thia dank, unlnetxjly
ernrirofwnent that our brave hero
irsvielB and th«r« tn tflo Gartwga
Brings to tackle Ihrouo'iout tna
undirgnMjnd labyrinth. Other
•iWtf^ creatures also wander

aiouod and while contact wtth
thwn is not faui, a chunk of the
playar's enofyy Is lost. A stun gun
Is pnnkled which tenfvporarily
paratyses them.

Onc^a^^afbegeSeing lustMen
located, the hero can then
challerrge the despicable creature
in mind-To-mind csomtul. TTw
?craer^ consists of foor squares,
and is playad like a simplified
version of 'Simon Sdys\ a liofit
Hashes sooss th« panel and the
routine midt be copied exactly to
win the game,

Succ^s^: It rewarded with

control of Ihe Garbage Bevig's
miTHd. wt>o can then be forced to
return to the garbage dump. Once
acH of th<a fiflin^ have twen
rounded up tn this manner^ the
wortd is safe once more.

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cmricism

1

m ' It th,' thfty^ I can't

stand may poofgnpNcs

AND a tambie use of ccKiuf - as
f» as I'm concsmed this fcifls a
pfoducf stomtioact. if b game >sf> '}
attractivB ffi9n who's gomg to
bother infOcttna it on th&ff eyes
T^u^atfy 9 Net me, fot om.
Dirsposabie Heroes fsquirm too
muciff luck to be consjdwwi oveffy
thought provoking: attof onfy fiv9
Of Six gjoifnee the lack of atidicttve
Qu&lities faiM to emttce me into
any repeat parfe r mancas. A«
things consi<iefa<i. fifw Mla^ vwy
ipt. "
FML

# " I ihad hoped that Denmh was
an unliappy hbcup in the system,
but no, uoposabto Haroea - the

second Power House oflenng Ihis
month - IS jLtst as tiiad. It's slightly
better, graphtcally. but still piays
)ike a lead balloon. The main
characlw sprite rs an odd k3Ci<<ing
chap, reminiscent of a orw-(egged
egg on a snow sJ^i Aher I stopped
laiighing at itt^s uolikely hero. )
steadily grew more and more
anooyad at the exireimieiy
simpfistic gsftmopiay which had rne
borad rigicf within & few sessiorts.
Oric€ a Garbage Being ts located a
.:i[:pie form of the 'Simon Says'
game IS used to force it t>ack to the
garlMge dump, jf you a^ me that
is practaely wt«ra this game
belonga '

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COMMEHTS

/

Joyilicka: Ke

QraphlGa! pou^ u^t; uk i.u^uui wiin

ftidiiary c^WBctflrs

Souno: na4 outstaying - tHit suits

ihagaflfld

Gamral rating: a idee with good

potentjji, rumed by shoddy

programming

Pressntat'

Graphics

PiayabJIity ^^^^P23%
Addictiwe qusiWes 20' I
OVERALL 2a%

I

Producer; The Power

House
Retail price: £1.99
Autiior: John Keneaily

Ttaaiiifig the Dervish path to
amfightenrnent involves a
great deal of magic and
mystiQue. The Power House
provides ttie player with a ctiance
to taai magdcal skills as he battles
through efght exhausting levels in
an anernpt to reach the Upward
Path.

The qu«3t lakes pHac» across a
landscape of labynnthine walls
and va^Btatkon, Choostng Ejiplore
mode allows a survey of the
enviroTHTwot With no loss of
energy, prior lo embarking m
Normal nriode The [>arvi5h path (s
followed in the company ol a
series ot hostile ctiaracters wtto
atlerrkpt to hinder progress and
drain the player's energy by tjodily
obstruction,

These are comttatted by thrae
types of wrapoT) (l»ghl. wt^ m*i

tjnmstone) which have varying
effects on ditferent creatufas.
Spalls. Itays and potions are also
collected to further the qu^.

Weapon and spell supplies can
be replenished at Alms Houses,
reprsMnted by a diamond
symbol. Entering one ol these
sees a cursor fMSS at random
below a sanes of oplicfis, and
pressing hte allows the selection
of rkecessary supplies,

A map can be called up to show
current position, while status
displays indicate tlw type and
arnount of weapKXis \aH.

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CRITICISM

1

• " Iraaainy trm Dervish path,
c<^lecting spalls and choosing
weapons from a random s etec t k in
- the gamwiay 13 very similar to
firebirds Orvni (a SMASH just
over a year ago), Ttwre, however,
the amilartty ends, Uninspjnog
Qraphlcs give little incentive to
explore: one landscape of
9cr^}t)led flowers s n^jch like
anotfwr and soon begms to hurt
yout eyes. The Dsnisli hero
spanning round and rourtd like a
top (similaf to the Warner Brolhers
cartoon character) mdtes no
sympathy at all. UnJoss you
choose I he Explore option, your
energy depletes very rapidly;
considering Ihe lad( of p4ayaOiiily,
this is probabty a blesstng m

" Gfaphicaify, Dervtsh may ht^
mute appealfng from a dmtanee
(say five miles}, but when aach
charact^ is examtiwd ctoaaty it
reveals itself to be crudely drawn,
out of pfOfxfftton and witti ffickary
animation Thaaound^ficbettaf,
limSingnaafftaaaimptatuna¥iiiXti
MTV few apot affects - moat
umnpm&n>e. i will, nowevar,
amptknant the proflr»mrTwr on
fha smootfi acto&ng - it may only
be hflff the semen, bat it's weff
ctane You can forget ^tya(l(ficiiva
qualities, however - tt has none. It
do^ have an Expfofe mode,
fftougf), ^kmmg you to see moat
ot tfw osfna without t)eiim aitf
good af0 The whoie proaijci is
very disappointing; I wtsh this ^vas
an excep^on (a The Power
House's rtfie-i^Kify it's not, "

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Authors: Mr Micro, from a Data East coin-op

Karnov's burly Tonrt has
beer a fajrulor ftgure in tt»
9f otcSes lor some tifrm, sid
now ti\Q Russian flfBbf w tfher la
making his dazzling debut on th^
Spoctnjm coovwswn of tt>e Data
£asf coin-op, His hazafclou& quest
is simply lo destroy the dastardly
dragon Ryu ttid recover Ihe lost
ireMures of Babiylon.

Foltovwing the seiacUon ot & one
or two fts^ optbn. tiners is a
thaoftrical flash of rightnJng andthe
bulky figure of Kamov appears.
His adventure takes place over
nine muttiioaded ievete across a
hcMizontally scatiUing wstam
environment of sandatorw pillars,
exotic buildin9s, swirlir^ rivefs
and biit)bf>ng volcanoes.

Theunlrwndiy inhabitants of this
Strar^e and hostile land fanoe
JrOfh the bizarre (flying fish,
lumping jacks, ostncn rkung
skeletons} to the imrB iBiniar
(dinosaurs, fireflies and sabre-
swingina araiNi). Contact with any
of these maans Iho lo^ of one ot
five lives.

KBrrH>v''s basic weapon ^n be
improved by oollectlng enira
tirapower. Other bonus icons
incfaide ladders, bocHnerartgs,
'SupettJOOtS*. for extra jumping
abilrty, flippers, power ptils arid
wings. Once colhected these are
{}i&p)ayed on a panel al The ba^e Qf
the screer^ and activated at w»ti vna
the keyttoard. Status dtsptays
indiCBte tMrrw remalnino. cunrent
ftcora and number of Uves lefl-

Eac^ level can be nogotnied

hefty

colouHw) converalOllpmvvptnaa are ... . _..

(Kamov's cHmbbHl actions are pertioutarly ImpnmaM)
much shading aa po««ft>te has t>a«n CFamfnad kito the
back(>rop9. Num«rou» axotic aUana artd caroMly drawn
)andscap«s craata a su^taMy iwa^rd and wonderful aiinoai
, Wnh aaveral dlrTaranl ways of completkig ««ch lavei and

jsob^' ilect tha game has arMMMh subatanca

Iha mo: -int Rutslatts piaylng for some tlma.

toughest aiiafia raqutraa Ix-ain as well as tyrawm;
tuaing the right bonus Icon at the right time, tt'a
just a pity that smootttnass of control has baan sacnftced to
contptex use of colour, Kamov's lumping rrKwamants am iHt
)arky and scrolHna slows down white he >« up in ttia air. The
gaoH^siay, although BtHI ar\ioyab)a, doesn't oulta rrkatch up to the
high eapactationa imritad by tt>a graphics. Stm - despite these

r. The

for a great Shoot 'am I ,
graphics than look no further; KfimdV'Kalt rl alfTTho
charactars are aw*'*"'^"!''' drawn ss ore all th« t>ackground!i;
tfter^'s even • ooloi itled map of WonderfarKl on display

wttile each leveiloaw^ »< .... ■* '^''■Qarns have done a great [
In rruiklng the game coknj i avokSng the mi^ortty

attribute probten^is. My only riioan is that Iha game sk»ws '
terribly wt»en mors arid mora nasties Krriva on-screen and
•light fault does terKt to make the game unplayable If you
kin them all quickty. Each level holds many surprlsas and
baddlas get incraaslrt^ mora menacing as yoo
loaded up one of the last iavala of the game and dldnt aurvlva for
more than a couple of secoTMtsl The aound affecta are vary basic
but Ifwrc- nro a f.iw nice onae on the llghtnirm arid soma of Iha
other < louki appeal to aH those gsmesters

Firs bmoflttikig Kvnnr : a bad cih of hsfltosts retny

virtiich involve s*iiT(miri^ and tJying
(using the appropinate bonus
objects] as well as itte more
orthodox method of watl^ing and
lumping. A particularly large
(^nomy has lo be defeated at the
end of eacti section before Kamov
can fnove his bulky body on to the
next.

Having nagotlated 8i(^
grueHing Isvite, the cokwttri
cossack taoes the final chaJtenge
of cQmt>at with the wizard.
Stripped of all Hfs txjnus items and
rostncted to single tire power
Karrov rT>e«ts Ns greatest
hallenger yet.

this Is ths
-heofthel
i cant say he's
In my Me.
may waH have outst
graphk^ arid colour, i
wtiat you do vrlth them

I Its - an---
ms (In the
0) have don« very irttleJ
seroliing backgrounds!
terribly Jarky and the
I hectic the action, the
er the ^fumt
I TMa ruins the wtiola feel ^
potentiaify fast action art
game. Knrnav fails to
ttie Impact of such
^.sr,v,,.,...ort4 at But>t>ie|
(tua to Its lack of!
UrMyavHiity - the game is J
■bsohitaly no fun to pUry at]
nkS. Tlie acroensfiota mat
look fantaattc and out ol t
world, but dont be t
lay looks; this is merely a I
game haavHy diagulBed-

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1-7

If DOMINfC HANDY peruses tne laiusi amai&ur
^ Spectrum review Joitrnafs

I

OMLV had to mentKyi ttte tack o(
I deshtop-pubttslwwpKkna on
H)e Spactnim in the faBt FMClNE
RIE (Issue 501 and immttdM^
\n caiTK a prtss rcisasv from
Cankit Software clalniin| ih*
existanc* of ona for the Spcctnim
Hto^)tf-Ma$tcf 1$ Ihe coce o* ttie system
iMh text aditirMi, r<p>itcs and muHiptt
R*rtan(ling<acWits.rs
pf«dOfniiidfiiK cf^«ign«d to creata
docurv :orpora4edB)r«phks

and for ■■■,... ..iivcapAUrtiescantx
incr«as«d witin two «xtaosk)fl
programs rKpeirw «d(fe fufl page
byout (acintm arwl a vsn«ty o( fonts,
and HtaadMner s a grapfDc dasigrt
PACtiage.

As yet ttiete are no vnnkKn nn^Ui
lalt* adwitase of ttw evlra memofy of
the I28K computen. but plaiK Mifilch
shouM alo w u»a« to uQgnde are in itie
orpetuie M programs we comtwable
Witt) pofwiar disik mteffaces and StncWir
rmcfodrfwes. K you already h*ve a word

Kocc«$or. •'?•' f'''^= '^ -^ t» convtrtid
ruMWllhi I' and rypcAner.

Mttrd-Mii^v r'-:,„^j|£14^,
Tyiwlner at £ 10 SO and Hwfmrafi
£7 96 Ail are aveiUibte direct from
Cardex at 3 Batton Stnet Sarmtsn-
f umess; Combm UI4 2€P. A yty
Spectrum-produced faatinc may at l*st
b« pOstK>te: twt unUI t})«i we'd Mt
have to stich with tl>t anttiology of
hand-typed, wnttert and drawn tma
currently ava^able

I trsi toottcd at Itfptr m the tati
FWiaNrfiir "7fl*yt«d<t'»fint«SMJ«
tohanii :lcaf>telyou4twa5

pTflttyd'rr ni^rtTvrer, things tww
ifTHyoved tremendously tinct tften.
Lih« most tarutnes nowadaw ZnPtf
has decided to pub«i»h tK didactic
itabamoKkinf'' ^r«ma

reader's poM ot - >much

easier to handte and aMu Mems t»tt«r

vakm for money - after t», you slWiMl
be getting more pages (or more
condensed te)d). Apparently ttw
decision to char^ to the smailef
rotmal was made after a long tafl( with
I bitenntdbit^ PR man, Qawc Carlos.
Ironicaly, Die same Dave Car1o$ wfto. a
couple oif monttis back, ennourkced (hat
Intermediates would not be sending
out any more rewew copies to ANY
fanTtne. nkhmg through ttie pai0» of
most fariSi>es (m particular
IjpMMWM} ttMs seems to have caused
i)ti(leaftlr. But notto worry, as they no
longer ttandte 1^ Kcourn of Oomark
and Grand Slam (tormedy ArgMS Press
Software) - who nwetheir lar^t
ckents - It shouldnl really affect many
fanrines.

Tt« new Zapper IS about a 20011
Improvement over the old It's packed
M of software reviews 08 m issue S).
contains a fair amount of vkfeo
coveraiee f? films are reviewerl) and a
small section of tips- not forgetting the
obllsatory charts Due to tt« targe
amount of games covered (most
fanzines onceover nr- -"•• -i ^^tfip^
Is ttie Ideal compftT'' ntothe

shop as a very quick at.o nmfn* ajide
to ttw current software on the shm&
layout, afthougfi improved, is stM a
problem for itte Hertford-based
puMiC««on^ The text is not alvays
slraight on the pages and the Letr»et
(every artlsTs f rtendj n rwt used as
mx*'- ■''- f' -^r. ,itf be (orion replaced by
hann »si Another tfitng \tm

iafit^' u^ r^ > jrr award of some Und
(1»ia a CRASH Smash). This often helps
a contused buyer deade wfiat to touv
Pictures »t always favoumies with
fananes, and often their dowrlal, due
to the QinMy. Bui quBUty of
reproduction Isnt ttpfitr'Sfitobhm.
t>»csBy there tff too nianyotlhiifn
Tha writing iuffen from being

sihoittntflmdthebmiefiotthe
pictuns (dr$wn with a MpentMe very
h/ayandaitefi wonfy. Hom^itt. *t ti>e
25p am* f)hce(*25f) if fiostir^Ss
phasinga} read and vou want Wl out
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fitted extension to cope wdti the influK
of presti^ous putAcatiorts) comes
Mmrt HMiw with its InMgral <ssue
at a rtsliy SOp starting price- There's no
stopping Lee Widdows. the eddor.
whan It comes to using the te^aset
style Tlwre s a plethora of dilferenl t\A-
out styles and sues - some vrork and
somedo'^'i ->"-' ^-f—p^/e the organ
somesc ''\took

'{allhougti I .«3i ■ ii'i .t vjy what) As wtttn
: most zines it's started off tn A4 format
(aKhouglt it could CBStiy be fvduced
wtlhout any loss ol dantyj 1x1 thus
contains many Mank spKes.
Photocopy owiMy w very good, with
absoluiffi pages or strange

teles wfii' I am setting the

wrong exposure Most reviews arc only
about )50 words long so they Amt
realy give you rnuch idea of the

f^ifMunrV (fflrif«f<..<-M<r'. -1/ »f;^ ^^''•'vi'lne

-pi Hjf

Future Games has otyvtously had
nfluances from ntany magaimcs and
the mill teneraOy wofti quite well I look
foravd to future issues.

The hjture IS one thlTig that
' ineed have no worries
jt It's now into Issue H and IS stN
go<ng as strong «$ ever, and std costo
50p. wNch is quite amazinfl If you look
at the quality of the paper (especially
the coloured cardboard cover).
SQectJKk claims to t)e a rragaiine (a«
opposed to faiTine) and, when lookiing
tt the professtorval way the nnriters
tackle every subiect. you can see wtty
Sadly only one picture is printed for
each review, but, kke the writing It « of
high quality Thva did seem to be a
greAt imount of blank space - even to
the degree of having a 'ffotn' page K
the (MCk The reviews may not ahvion
be up-to- dale but they art alwtrfi
comprehensive and informative.
makHV SjpecfacHe one of the best
monthViinei

AND THEN THEUE
WERE THREE

I - the l>lrth of a new f anwne.
I've only got an okf copy twfore me.
their llrst so I can't comment on what
succeeding issues arc Met. Even so,
(Seness covers a wide range of
sutujects ' arcades, news, sofhfnre^
hardwarerevtawsandhmts ft ttps-
but contains few qualify screenshols.
It's produced on an Amstrad home
computer, us^ng Mm Ot^e with >n
E^on printer «r>d covers Amstrad,
Spectnim and Sega formats I ordy w«h
rd been able to gA my hands on a later
copy - It couW be very jjiwri

What's Ih* I see. T7k its

•■e oHlva^HH Tank - . ./vng
with Po formal they MemeO to Nive
swttchecf ■•'^r-rtt.ii r,»her itm] to the
larger A : has to be said that

Ww ^-'"^ ' \- '"r^esenU

ba' -our only

coiii;#n' J jf TrTEt.' yieeii y- (>apert And
even those three sheets are poorty
photocopied But remember, it's not
(he winning it's the taUrtgpart

Cra< typical of many ^nnrtes m
sates figures with aroimd ISO readers,
but that's where the sinitariiies stop II

cwitanson average 36 lo 40 fun-
packed pMts and has all die usual
feabjres Of every magawte on the
markfll Most of the pages are
produced on typewriters - these are of
very good qualrty - but come from an
Alphacom prirrter . af>d tfl* *■ i>'- •'
qualHty shoivs. Even though !
reproduction of the pictuies i^ . .j,.- .^
layout people have restrained
|hems«ives and not irsed too many
screenshots. t particularly 6ked the
Hot Hit' spreads which cover the garne
m ^eat detail and gtve M good coverage
- me arcade section is also Kifonmaiive.
but too short

CRf only covers the Spectrum ait the
momond. atthoughtttcre sei»mr to bea
tunning delNite on whe ' ' <vM

cover the Commodort., . .
rel.at>ve1y new maga/me it's very
(rnpresSive

Aho with around 40 pages comes
the first issue of MM. AWioush the
photos are attractive tt would Be much
more ellecbve i they were
IncQfporated in the te Jrt. Each lefl -hand
pegs revnw is then (oHowed t>y a ngfit-
hand page of pictures - not ifery
inspiein& but n certamiy kaeps to a
style TheHkitsandTipssecbonisvery
smaH - only a page - but me style is
short and sweet Most of th« major
Commodore and Spectrum games are
fE ■■--' ' "i-!^ coverage corning
V ijh only a Quaner of the

tow ;c.:e<v qpace IS used for cntxpie
and review purposes PBM and
wargames are wefl covered

The final update this month ts
Mfcraiptaiii f rom Garstang In
Lanca^re Please note thai the pnce
of Itie fourth and latest issue is 40p. It's

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HOW DEBBIE MET A STRANGER!

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DOMINIC HANDY on video

AFTER ^ein>^ Sp^cmtslh
at the cinema last monrti I
|U5t can't W3(l fOf rils vsdeo
release. Me! Brooks's
farcical story of
IntergalacUc:^! mdyh^m cofilains
rrwny hilarious sfcetches wh<chfilm
buffs wtJl 3{>preci3te - there s a
|redt bft in a bar where they meet
Ijhe crew from Atmnssnd the
encountef on The Planet Of The
Apes IS Nianous Evtn Uie
imminent video release is gni«n a
ptug - with the vtdeo used k a
reference aid for r|>e actors during
the film Anyway, efwugh of the
CHT«matic releases and on withthe
home entef1a»rwnent.

I hate to sound pessimistic but
the currerrl thatch of wtdeos waitUng
for Mssss aren't the best of
previous monttis That's not to say
that there arenl any gooHd films -
there are. It's just thalthere's an
abundamce of t>ad Still, watch out
for these...

RCA/Columbia have |ust
released an array of great hire
videos F a ns off Max Hea^oom ~
star of the technological age - will
be pleased to hear that he's finatty
reached the i^dleo cassette frv
senes form. It's not ttie wild 'r»'
whacky Mgx of the Cha^vtet A
music /chat show, though Nof ts it
the nim. Twenty Mmttes tnto The
Future, recently screened on TV.
Hair H t9 i P» 9 m Vt l vtmt J. ^
and 3(RCA/Columbfa, 15S are ^
\n a futurlsbe Sliiffefunnertype
environrnent The same main
characleis appear, and much of
the same diatogiue is used, but
these three cassettes total almost
five hours ol Viewing 1 1 me , whereas
the film is K^st over an hour long
(and finishes VERY abri^jtly).

jfts ! mentioned last month, also
released on April 29 are AnMp
Day* (RCA/Columtta, PG}, which
IS well worth getting for something

94 CRASH May 1968

a bit differ ertt |aren f all Woody
Allen fi'm*,'). For^grt 8o<iy and
ftaxxrtrw Th# letter sUts. the
wonderful Steve Martli who
bnngs any film to life. efi<pecialiy
when he's vwilten the script as
here. Those of you who can
remember the 195C classic
C^mw De Berger^c witt see a
strong similajfity betw&en the two
- JmA f^tnr p tcked up an Oscar
for playing the long-nosed >i}ver
almost 40 years ago.

Amefiea s Sttwiay t^ight Live
TV show has spawned manry a fKm
star - Steve Martin, E(M«
Murphy ,in6 Dan Aykroyd to
name t>ul a lew That talented trio
star in CiC Videos latest batch of
selMhrougi titles, aJI for £999.
Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd
star alongsMle each other m John
imdlts TiwUNff Ptoeii ICIC
Vjdeo, 1 5) The story of a ludicrous
b*t between two millionares.
piayed by Ral^ Bolljiy and
Dm JI iwcIw . on how a person
from itw gtrttio (Murphy) would
cope in the position of a corporate
company - artd vtce versa.
1^ owever, someore else must afeo
swifap plates and Aylvoyd js the
man who suddenly finds himself
out of a ]0*) and living off the
streets A super release, well
overdue. ^ js Steve Martin s Tilt
i«fi(a€Video. 15)!

Wartm portrays the title role of a
terminally stupid young man
whc^e cfai^ invemions take him
from ra^ to riches, and back to
rags apin It was hJS first full-
feature role (back rn 1979}, and he
went on to produce (afihougfi not
star in) the TV version. The Jerk
Too

Talking of such sequential, and
contmi«d, titles. Tweti Wolf Too
(Entertainment In Video. PG) has
lust reached the shelves, The
cousin of the original Teen Wolf

SKALUGRIGG

Peneun Boots R5a.728|Ki

ARTHUR suffers from
cerebral p4lsy- he's a
stastic-twllhetlmets
1 927 when, at age
seven, he's committed
to a mental hospital and teft to
the untender rnercies Of
medtcal Ignorance and nursing
grvielty- some 50 yeans before
his condition Will be recognised
and properly understood.
Haridtcapped beyond hope and
forgotten, he pa^tically calls
out the of;e word he know^.
Skallagngg

Esther Marquw>d is also a
spastic, but with the computer
technology of the Eighties, she
is able to communicate; kn f»ct
she IS o<r» of the wortd's leading
computer game prt^ranntiers
She s also an avid collector of
stories told to each other by
handJcaiiped people
throughout 9ritain - ami Itiey
nearly all tell of an Arthur, his

Iriends Frank. Norman and
Epiiie and a mysterious, godlike
presence called the
Skalia^gg.

Brt by bit, atded by her
nrangot fhenct Tom and her
father's wealth. Esther pieces
together these stones until she
alone realises they form a
pattern - a cry for help passed
along the decad&t How she
tracks down Arthur and
discovers the astontshing
identity of the ShaHagrigg,
against a background of
stnjggltng to prove her own
intelligence, forms a highly
originat and moving tale from
the beslse^jng author of

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in the cry for help that Esther
herself leaves buried within ttw
depths of her rote-ptaying/
adventure game nrtasterp^e.
SkaH^igg Computers and
games are at the very centre Of
ttie novel, but, as we say about
so miar^ games, rt requires
some perseverance at the start
and then rewards enormously

(ortgtftally played by MkiKMl J
Fox) enters university and war^ to
be treated as a normal student -
not easy when your relations hav«
pointed ears arxl hairy hands,, and
everyone is tryng to bring out the
REJM you. Little do the students
realise that tricking Todd Howard
(iMMi bIMiM} «ito dancing
with the campus queen can do
nothi^ else but turn him into a
wef evrtjif - try explaining that to
your biology student gjrtfnend!
Shangely, (well, not for America I
suppose) his outlook on life
changes for the better Girls swarm
abo ut him, and guys respect him -
he's c ool But Todd*s sti8 not happy
with hrs hairy let in Kfe

One chap who had rK) trouUe
attracting members of the
opposite seit was in* Woo Woo
KM (GuikJ Home Video. PG)
Patrick DtmpMy stars in the true
story (the original Kid. Soniiiy
Wisecarvef. introduces the film.
Hell, I was|ust tiKe any other kid
my age') of a young teenager who
IS attracted to O'lder women, but
sadly iJfagwed by press atteriiion.
Especially when he marries me,
who IS subsequentty arrested fof
kidnapping him' However^ Sonny
sooTi finds the nght women m tf^
form of B«v«r1y d'AnEftIo (Every
Which Wsy But Loose], playing a
25-year old - much nearer his own
age oiW.The Woo tVooKrdeniefS
town on Way 26 - so wim your
Mum.

Mums everywhere had better
put that date m their diary as Tom
C«ntt s latest video release.
Boyotid Tkonpy (New World
Video, 15), also comes out on ttiat
date Acclaitmed dtrector Robert
Alhnan. the man behind
M • 4 * 9 • H, guides the
confusing action along its medical

route Conti plays Prudertce s
therapi' t Gfeinds Jadoon is
Bruce s psychotherapist and Jolt
GofdUuin r& Bruce When Bruce
meets Prudence through a
personal ad in a paper, he reveals
he is bi-sexual. UndersiarKtably
Prudence Is upset and confused
ThEv hrith go running to their
ti whose ofkes are

fdtjiy t»i to each other. Bui it's
not a simplfl as that. The tfierapists
ftave other ideas for their
clients

CiMw(RCA/Co1umt»a. PGj was
one of the most lathed at>oul fHms
of 1987, Mot because of its
ridiculous storyline or awful music,
but t^cause of it s sheer tiad value
for money. Tlw two stars. DufUn
Hofhnaa and Worrm Boatty.
were rewarded su miihon dcliars
apwce for the roles - rt should have
been compensahor>. AKhough.
tshtaf't not as bad as the aUtoo-
quickto-cnticise American cntlcs
would have us believe There ARE
EaugtK (arvj lufaotte Adjan^, but
not 12 million dollars worth.
Anyway, you should be able to gel
it now.

Looking further into the future,
as s always possible with Warner
Home Video sirice they plan well
ahead, there's plenty to be happy
about firom the end of May to the
end of June Soon we should lie
seeing the muscular \m\^ of Dolph
LiHMlpan 1^ Mnten Of Tho
tMve rm J»ck Nich{>lson with a
trio of beautiful ladies [Char.
Midwn« PMfiaf- and Susan
Sarandonj m The Witctn* Of
Eattwfck ^inf, Dennis QuaM wrlh
Martin Short n Joe Donti s
Innenp^oo - all from Warner. All
three are well worth seeing, but will
appeal to very different tastes

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SUMMER SLUMP

SUMMER may not havs
rew^ied eriialn vet but
II sure looks lJka th^
sott^ara industFy is
goir>g to be hiuir>g the
summer b\\M& soon. For years
summer has ali^rays been the
worst tffrie ol the year ioi computer
games buying, and subsequenlly
aH the procliicei's of tull-price
SQltwamtend to 90 qut^t for ;i
couple of months before the b ;
build up to th« PC Show in
September.

However, there ate still sortte
releases to look forward to: the
Btrmingham-based pfoducers^of
Alf American Software. U& Gold
have gol a l^ttlle pern tip ttwir
sleeve just wailing to be launched
upon the gBme-hungry pubte.
Ch0iii0 Chafilin is pfomoted as a
'Toially ur^tque game wttha wfKila
rtew concept', and puts you in the
seal of t^ producer , director and
finander ol the silent star.

P' Coming vary soon: ArrposstUr Missioif iSlntn US Goht/Epyi

BUOh a backlog of releases to cnpe
with!

The Epyx teenn should have evil
although you won't tie ah4e to get
hiold oflt lor a while - they've got

deactFvate the missile launch
conirol and save the world (for the
umpteenth time}.

The How ol Amertcan^origlnaled
software coniinuBa wKh StwM
Spprtt BaaJmOtaM, due tor
release in July. More newson that
uerysoon.

007 m

Chartia Chaplin isn't the orty
person to make the tran&ilion to
'"•omputer next month. Her
Mfijesty's Secret Sefvanl James
Bond returns m his third computer
game soon. The suave and
sophisticated super spy batii#s
against Kananoa in BrocoH 1 s i/w
And Lei Dia. A& In the 1973 film
(Roger Moore's first Bond] the pfot
rev»MS around the fast action of
spoKflDoets and ttw dartgwixis life
of drug smuggling. As 0u7 you
spwfT acn^s the $wainps and
rlvertOfCenftnlAmer^ca^ Bond's
woTTHH do not Slop with his deadly
pu rsuers: htf niuet also avoid

^ Mysttriwt in*9le ifHf vAX wastes m lis Gold's M^^a ^^.'

This has got to t>e one of the
(Dldeat HcoiKM to come from US
GoM. Cha43Mn. who was born in
1899, nrat appeared at tt>e London
HJppodrome In 1900 and was
discovered by Max Sennet on a
theatre tour in America - he thefi
joined Keysiofks. iHe made his first
tilm in 1 913. Making A Uving, and
succe«oed it by making an
incredible 35 films in 1914-a truly
prolific film star. It the computer
game can con>e close to the reel
thing then we're surety in for a
treat.

UGHTS, CAMERAS,
ACTION!

Ttw game is spiit into three
sections: choose your script . each

96 CRASH May 1988

with a different amount of actors
and scenes^ selea your backdrop
and cast, andthenyou'ra^reedy
for shooting the film. St>ooting
takes place with arcade- style
action - cojjide with policeman
(that'll make 'em laugh} and avoiid
thedninks, torthey'il cost you time
-and lime IS money, Once shot
y&jt can edit your movie and ttven
Just sit back and watch your
productkjn - but more
importantly, will it go down well at
ihe box office . ,

Then, fTom GOf comes the
faniasyfole playing game, Wlxatri
Wan- taken from an onginal idea
by Canvas Software. Throw an
assortment of spelb across ttie
play area before your viewing
screen dimmishiH through [Kk of
health. Stmmt ftghittr \b also
ready for reiease from GOl,

^ Evil Ehrin is. up to his oid tricks again ,

Elvln's /mpo^Sr^ Mission M
ready in the next couple of
months. The basic layout is very
aimH* to Impossible Mission
(76%. Issue 22} although the
content and storyline is larger and
more chaUenglng. Battle your way
past a series of robots -
sentrytM>ls, minebots and
pestbots lo name a few '■and
cdtate the three digit pass code
for a sanes of eight towers. On>oe
alle^ht have been conquered you
come face to face wilh Elvin in his
contiTOI room , To defeat the
megelomaniac you must )

scarecrows armed wrlh poison
darts and n&jng corpses who
Itirow spears and shoot at tiim.
You're not. however, totally
impervtoti* 10 these vicious
assault s so Domark (or rather 'O'l
has equipped you wHh rocket
launchers, &)eiHs and it^chlne
guns. You Stan as a 007 but
constant los of lives could lead
you to become a pathetic 000-

ffyou take a look at this month's
^budget Smash from Firebird,
BfainsSotm, you'll se« it's wrrtten
by Pele Cooke (programmer of
Tau Cef r. Academy and MtCfonaji

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Ofkaf. His Mean oanw. \h\s tune at
C7 95. is avitfabW from Firebird in
June under the IrtteEirt M f gh rft'g
cte&ciibed as a 'Full perspective
sc^oiling shooi "em up\ and 9e«oo
the moon. S^aatn. an ordinary
everyid^ alien from the pianet
Acturien, is pulled off -course from
his pttfroMig squadron ooe day
Hid fdroed to laid on a cold ar^
qrater-filled moor -lost and a king
way from hofTw There's only one
way to gel o^ the planet: he rnusf
find and neutralise the rnoon's

KNIGHT TIME

The producers ot this mcolfi's
puxdlrig Smash game Sopfristry
have signed up R T Smiih
Sprografnimer at Amftem, Desert
Rats and l/Lthrarr- all successful
)nmgimaBs} lor thoir neKt arcade
POlaiaa. Cybeffmif/fifs, fromCRL,
featured one or two players Brtd
contains two dttterwtt prDgrarrka.
You must tiaht othar ijMdiators,
like yoursen, to a gruesome arxl

^ Pall CfOOKs't iMait FhiUil Danw
transfTiJitters allowirtg Nm to
escape from ihe planet's
mystarloiffl pull. Unfortunately for
Slaatn. the transmitters are
guarded by droids and monsters
whose soleatm in lite is to keep Che
transmitters functioning,

The graphics, lake the scenario,
are said lo t>e 'Out of thia world' -
reatty?

oHnes out Dl ttie iltadaws soon . > ,
fstai conclusion Survival ts the
OF4y key to ttie future, wttlch
corMaJTva great financial rewmd -
and rrfooey is Ihe only way you'll
increase the ffghting power of your
Cylwrknight. or gain extra
Cyberknights if you wish, Then,
using the combat program, you
can pit your warrior against any
other piayer'fl design, or man a

rauiUYf)EI««Btus
mentk>hing at Chnslmas lime
thai Oereh Brewster (ex-
CRASH Adventure Trail wriler)
^ stortirtg up his own
ram house. Well their first
I buc^ relMsas are
I the software shelves fww
) Oa m» s IS tt>e name,
r more ts\fo on them laHe
a kwk at trie NEWS isege.

Therr rirst reteoM IS
Frpfttlinm - very simiiajr to
Ocean's Avnbo. afthouoh not
^-1 Impressive. Z«)pelin s

I gnne la smbotagB- s
M: but poftahad ahool 'am

lip

Pl^iefs have always boon a
very qiiet but extrameiy
successful cocwparty on the
Spectnjm cofiVMiter. Their
next release ts oas«d on the
odantal spod of karats.
Stmnghat Kanim fasftures
animated backdrops, drawn
by JabbA Severn {Der^zan.
JVdlngTfwi^apki^and
diontsed sound affects by
Aiby Severn. CoiCin
Swinboutrw {Joe 8fade} helps
out with the sprites.

CoUn Swinbourne IS terribly
busy an the momein finishing

Joa Sfadle tl - follow up to the
superb Ooe Stadie (84%. (nue
44). S*it*nthe Lrv" ^"'« -f t995.
(ho streets are ika,

muggers artd m^ »ht
degenerates. There's only one
man who can dean up scum
dty. and thal's old JB.lt
promises to surpass Its
predecessor.

While Players aitt orw olihe
quiet budgsl houses of the
software wodd . Code Itesters
an certainly not. 1^ people
who fe-lnvented ttw word
'tiype" win l>e l>ack on our TV
scneera on Saturday May 7
pvonxrting their Sport Aid
game. TrnfteoeA^eilnei
rime. The gsime takes the
player across the six
continentB. from landmult to
larKlrnark. aotving Jfiitdguirxj
puxztes akKMtiiewvy.They're
confident H'Hsel over a mWon
- the most successful game ol
the year so tar, OufflUn, only
so«d 300,0001 Keep trying
tads ..

The recently relaunched
Po wer House have a new
character on their hands
Moontxxxs Is t^tatast budget
Star, in Me fr op ois - an arcade

ccmputer-gwterated warlor, ar^
two presit dei^gna are included
for Immediate action ,
CydeddTiNj^rs is available now. on
cassette ^7,95) or disk (Ct4,85).

Those two'fooi green paoplie at
Qremlln Oraf^vlcs have Sufe
C/fy waiting in the boxes for
releMA on the streetwise kids m
th« next few mortths. it's based
around the exhiLaraiing sport of
roller skating. Your mnjn objective
is to oain as much street cred as
possible - shown on your cred-o-
m«ter. Hdp Freddie^ Itre man wrth
the wonder wheels, lo avoid
Obstacles and carry oui as many
spins, flip and emAziog stunts as
passible, to finally become the
most streetwise kiid in the city,

Mickey Mouse. AJtemathw
World Qamaa and MerctMca
should all tie out in a month's time.
W&'ve also 3«an Maaorn SMilree
fiiecl^ which has MtCKjnding
pr e^entation. but seems to be very
similar to i+»e Vftsodoames-afuli
review rtext month. All four are
from Gremlin Grg|>tiics. Thio^'ve
9lsoQo\ Hfghtnaktar- a flig^
aimuiator - but that'll be out m ttte
end of '88.

Sofdifsr Of Ufl^ from ACE
^anotner Sofiek latiei|. although
behMd the proposed Easter
scfteduie. slxjuid be with you now.
The co^-op conversion of Tano's
1987 Top S hit surpaaaas dl other
other arcade cnnvarsiora ^E's
words, not ours), but certainly
hx>((s to be one ofthe most eagerfy
awaited arcade ile-ins for months
You take ihe part ol Xain, an
Intergalactic warhor who must

prevent the dutruction Of all the
planets m the galaxy by the evil
Empire's Invaders. That H be about
th« fiftieth time you'll save the
universe this y«ar>

Moreooinop conversjoos from
ACE inchjtiie^yiafta^ w d toi i a and
Oar^ua. Both from «t:ada
producers^ Tsito,

ROLUNG STONES

Scheduled for the baf^nning of
May is The n tnt t t ena t from
O r e ndiHam . Fred. Bai n ey, wiima
and aM the g«ng iit b«ek to ihoir
otd tricks ag^ - Oulekaiva first
r o t eaai Bd a Bedrock gam*, oaiad
Yabba Oabba Doo[h%, issue

Fred ard Barney am frying to
have s (|uiel bowling game down
ai the Bednxk Sup«r-8cwl, bvi
Wilma has different ideas. Fred
has promised to pairit the living
room before his Mother-in-Law
emves. so Barney will have to wart
until torrwrrow. You musl help
oompkrte the pairding, wNIa
avoiding obatadaa and
hinderanoaa such aa Ihsir
adventurous child Pebbiw. Once
completed, Fred can trip down to
the bowiing alley for a few frantM
with Barney 'Birller Rngera'
Rubble : On their return, hawaver,
Pebb^ ts nowhere lo txj seen.
After comforting the dislressecl
Wiima they find Pet>bles parched
on a high girder ^ a buUdtng site;
now you must help faarlees fftd
rescue her. Aji m a day's work for
lf>e storieage TV f amiy.

ZEPPELIN LANDS

^ 1I» s p e mm o u i f* ^W raama

adventura taking the ptoyar
around a iarge town liylng to
gain fuel for his escape. To help
Moonbootson his way aro
three drfferent forms mto which
he can change; Zoid the Droid,
Superspy or^he Mad Monk.
JMMrcpof» ts out al the
tjegHvingofMay.

j APOLOGIES: Last month we

stated thai Duaty Orpki And
TJtaQart^aQaliblafa.OK

Yahlt and Dent Say tt^Spfmy
Ir were all from Too Ten Hits.
Thtt viras - and stiK is -
absolutely incorrect. Dieae
txidget gamea are in (act the
product of Ptrala Software.
Apoio(^ to all involved: the
person raaponaMa has been
shot.

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